Thoracic injuries are significant causes of morbidity and mortality in trauma patients. These
injuries account for approximately 25% of trauma-related deaths in the United States …

Operative Treatment of Chest Wall Injuries: Indications, Tec... : JBJS Operative Treatment of
Chest Wall Injuries: Indications, Technique, and Outcomes : JBJS JBJS Journal Case Connector …

Rib fractures are one of the most common injuries following blunt trauma, occurring in
approximately 10% of all trauma patients. Over 350,000 patients sustain rib injuries annually …

Hypothesis The use of liberal whole body imaging (pan scan) in patients based on
mechanism is warranted, even in evaluable patients with no obvious signs of chest or …

The principles of fracture management in polytrauma patients continue to be of crucial
importance. Over the last five decades, various strategies of fracture treatment in the multiply …

Background Thoracic injury overall is the third most common cause of trauma following
injury to the head and extremities. Thoracic trauma has a high morbidity and mortality …

Objective: Whole-body multislice helical computed tomography (MSCT) becomes
increasingly important as a diagnostic tool in patients with multiple injuries. We describe …

Background: The number of rib fractures has been reported to correlate with mortality after
blunt chest trauma. These reports, however, predate routine truncal helical computed …

STUDY OBJECTIVE: Routine pan–computed tomography (CT, including of the head, neck,
chest, abdomen/pelvis) has been advocated for evaluation of patients with blunt trauma …

The aim of this study was to assess the role of postmortem computed tomography (PMCT) as
an alternative for autopsy in determining the cause of death and the identification of specific …