TY - JOUR
T1 - Emergency clamshell thoracotomy in blunt trauma resuscitation
T2 - Shelling the paradigm-2 cases and review of the literature
AU - Schober, Patrick
AU - de Leeuw, Marcel A.
AU - Terra, Maartje
AU - Loer, Stephan A.
AU - Schwarte, Lothar A.
PY - 2018/8/1
Y1 - 2018/8/1
N2 - Clamshell thoracotomy (CST) may be indicated and life-saving in carefully selected cases of blunt trauma. As such, the current clinical stance of general contraindication of CST in blunt trauma should be reviewed and criteria developed to accommodate select cases, considering the diversity of injuries resulting from blunt trauma.
AB - Clamshell thoracotomy (CST) may be indicated and life-saving in carefully selected cases of blunt trauma. As such, the current clinical stance of general contraindication of CST in blunt trauma should be reviewed and criteria developed to accommodate select cases, considering the diversity of injuries resulting from blunt trauma.
UR - https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?partnerID=HzOxMe3b&scp=85051653488&origin=inward
UR - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30147896
U2 - https://doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.1653
DO - https://doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.1653
M3 - Article
C2 - 30147896
SN - 2050-0904
VL - 6
SP - 1521
EP - 1524
JO - Clinical Case Reports
JF - Clinical Case Reports
IS - 8
ER -