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The significance of a concomitant clavicle fracture in flail chest patients: incidence, concomitant injuries, and outcome of 12,348 polytraumata from the TraumaRegister DGU(®)

PURPOSE: Isolated clavicle fractures (CF) rarely show complications, but their influence in the thorax trauma of the seriously injured still remains unclear. Some authors associate CF with a higher degree of chest injuries; therefore, the clavicle is meant to be a gatekeeper of the thorax. METHODS:...

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Autores principales: Bakir, Mustafa Sinan, Langenbach, Andreas, Pinther, Melina, Lefering, Rolf, Krinner, Sebastian, Grosso, Marco, Ekkernkamp, Axel, Schulz-Drost, Stefan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9532310/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34739544
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00068-021-01819-5