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Unstable thoracic spine fracture with aortic encroachment: A potentially fatal association and a suggested treatment

BACKGROUND: The coexistence of an unstable spinal fracture with a pending aortic lesion is potentially catastrophic and a therapeutic challenge as to timing of treatment, assigning priorities and selecting the best approach. CASE REPORT: A 41 year-old healthy male victim of bike accident. Imaging re...

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Autores principales: Cultrera, Francesco, Gamberini, Emiliano, Iacono, Gustavo, Turicchia, Giorgio Ubaldo, Agnoletti, Vanni, Tosatto, Luigino
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5573841/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28846951
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijscr.2017.08.015