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KMID : 0382619840040010347
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Hanyang Journal of Medicine
1984 Volume.4 No. 1 p.347 ~ p.357
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Radiological evaluation of chest trauma
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成圭寶/Sung, K.B.
朴永根/朴忠基/全錫徹/徐興錫/咸蒼谷/Park, Y.K./Park, C.K./Jeon, S.C./Seo, H.S./Hahm, C.K.
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Abstract
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Radiologic manifestations were analysed in chest injured patients who were admitted and treated at the Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery during the period of 5 years from Aug. 1978 to Aug. 1983.
The patients were 253 in number and the results were as follows;
1. Nonpenetrating trauma is more frequent (83.8％) than penetrating trauma.
2. The most frequent oause of trauma is traffic accident(60.1％).
3. The frequent radiologic findings in nonpenetrating chest injury were rib fracture, hemo-thorax and subcutaneous emphysema, and in penetrating chest injury, subcutaneous emphysema, hemothorax and pneumothorax in order of frequency.
4. The most frequently fractured rib was 6th rib, and frequently fractured ribs were from 3rd to 8th ribs(more than 40％ of patients).
5. In all cases of hemopneumothorax were associated with rib fracture in nonpenetrating injury.
6. Delayed apperaance of hemothorax, pneumothorax and hemopeumothorax was seen in 9.0％ of cases(14cases).
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