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Cardiac injury due to the rapid progress of the dislocation of rib fractures: A rare case that required urgent open reduction and internal rib fixation

BACKGROUND: Most rib fractures are treated conservatively, but patients with severe trauma may require surgical treatment. We report a rare case of delayed pericardial injury due to a fractured rib stump. CASE PRESENTATION: A 61-year-old man fell while riding a bicycle and was transferred to our hos...

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Autores principales: Okamoto, Keigo, Ueda, Keiko, Ichinose, Masutarou
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6479153/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31049282
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rmcr.2019.100840