Blunt chest trauma : clinical difficulties and limitations of radiological examinations

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Published May 3, 2018
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Vol. 95 No. 11 (2017): Issue Nov 2017

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Imen Bannour
Meksi Yassine
Mahmoud Fodha
Mouna Ouaz
Bechir Haddad
Ali Majdoub

Abstract

   blunt chest trauma remains a public health problem due to the severity of caused injuries, diagnostic difficulties and therapeutic orientation. There is no correlation between the parietal lesions and endothoracic abnormalities. Instead radiological examinations are far from accurate. Through a study of 72 cases of closed chest trauma and a literature review we propose to identify risk factors of endothoracic lesions, to clarify the role of radiological examinations in the exploration of these injuries and propose a decisional algorithm.

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blunt chest trauma, assessment, manegment

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