Isolated open comminuted fracture of the first rib

In the emergency department, open isolated rib fractures are rarely seen. There is scarce literature related to open isolated first rib comminuted fracture. We report a 33-year-old male who presented with an isolated open first rib comminuted fracture following a road traffic accident. He did not ha...

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Autores principales: Basha, MH, Singaravelu, KP, Mohana, G
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2019
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6515778/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30924441
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jpgm.JPGM_352_18
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description In the emergency department, open isolated rib fractures are rarely seen. There is scarce literature related to open isolated first rib comminuted fracture. We report a 33-year-old male who presented with an isolated open first rib comminuted fracture following a road traffic accident. He did not have any neurovascular or major organ injuries and was managed successfully with conservative treatment.
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spelling pubmed-65157782019-05-29 Isolated open comminuted fracture of the first rib Basha, MH Singaravelu, KP Mohana, G J Postgrad Med Case Report In the emergency department, open isolated rib fractures are rarely seen. There is scarce literature related to open isolated first rib comminuted fracture. We report a 33-year-old male who presented with an isolated open first rib comminuted fracture following a road traffic accident. He did not have any neurovascular or major organ injuries and was managed successfully with conservative treatment. Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2019 /pmc/articles/PMC6515778/ /pubmed/30924441 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jpgm.JPGM_352_18 Text en Copyright: © 2019 Journal of Postgraduate Medicine http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0 This is an open access journal, and articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as appropriate credit is given and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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