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- Delayed Aortic Injury Caused by a Posterior Rib Fracture: A Case Report
- Chang Wan Kim, Seon Uoo Choi, Seon Hee Kim, Jae Hun Kim, Jung Joo Hwang, Hyun Min Cho, Seung Hwan Song, Jeong Su Cho
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Journal of Trauma and Injury 2015;28(1):31-33
DOI: https://doi.org/10.20408/jti.2015.28.1.31
Published online: March 30, 2015
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1Department of Trauma Surgery, Pusan National University Hospital, Pusan, Korea. biolio1978@hotmail.com
2Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, College of Medicine, Pusan National University, Pusan, Korea.
2Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, College of Medicine, Pusan National University, Pusan, Korea.
Received: 24 November 2014 • Revised: 2 December 2014 • Accepted: 6 January 2015
Abstract
Traumatic aortic injury is well recognized as a primary cause of instantaneous death in victims of thoracic blunt trauma presenting with an aortic rupture or dissection, particularly after a deceleration injury. However, a direct aortic injury caused by a fractured rib segment after blunt thoracic trauma is extremely rare. We report the case of a 43-year-old male patient who experienced an aortic injury caused by the sharp edge of a fractured rib after multiple rib fractures due to blunt thoracic trauma.
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