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Azygos vein lacerations, a rare injury from high-impact chest trauma: Two cases and a review of the literature

INTRODUCTION: Thoracic trauma is a significant cause of mortality, being responsible for 25% of trauma deaths. Despite this, azygos vein lacerations are rare, with only 35 published cases. We present two cases of azygos vein laceration over 21 years from 1999 to 2020 at a Level One Trauma Centre in...

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Autores principales: Li, Christine, Martin, Katherine, Read, David
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8858728/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35051887
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijscr.2022.106778