Citation

Rice D, Bikkasani N, Espada R, Mattox K, Wall M. Ann. Thorac. Surg. 2002; 73(6): 1950-1951.

Affiliation

Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Ben Taub General Hospital, Houston, Texas, USA. drice@mdanderson.org

Copyright

(Copyright © 2002, Society of Thoracic Surgeons, Publisher Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

12078797

Abstract

A case of blunt chest trauma resulting in anterior chondrosternal separation with right lung herniation and hemothorax is presented. The injury is related to the use of a seat belt restraint. The patient underwent surgical repair with polytetrafluoroethylene chest wall reconstruction. Postoperative recovery was complicated by respiratory insufficiency due to underlying pulmonary contusion and multiple rib fractures.