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A Rare Entity: Bilateral First Rib Fractures Accompanying Bilateral Scapular Fractures.
Gulbahar, Gultekin; Kaplan, Tevfik; Turker, Hasan Bozkurt; Gundogdu, Ahmet Gokhan; Han, Serdar.
Affiliation
  • Gulbahar G; Division of Thoracic Surgery, Dr. Nafiz Korez Sincan State Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.
  • Kaplan T; Department of Thoracic Surgery, Ufuk University School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey.
  • Turker HB; Division of Orthopedics and Traumatology, Dr. Nafiz Korez Sincan State Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.
  • Gundogdu AG; Division of Thoracic Surgery, Arnavutkoy State Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.
  • Han S; Department of Thoracic Surgery, Ufuk University School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey.
Case Rep Emerg Med ; 2015: 428640, 2015.
Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-26175916
First rib fractures are scarce due to their well-protected anatomic locations. Bilateral first rib fractures accompanying bilateral scapular fractures are very rare, although they may be together with scapular and clavicular fractures. According to our knowledge, no case of bilateral first rib fractures accompanying bilateral scapular fractures has been reported, so we herein discussed the diagnosis, treatment, and complications of bone fractures due to thoracic trauma in bias of this rare entity.

Full text: 1 Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Language: En Journal: Case Rep Emerg Med Year: 2015 Document type: Article Affiliation country: Turkey Country of publication: United States

Full text: 1 Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Language: En Journal: Case Rep Emerg Med Year: 2015 Document type: Article Affiliation country: Turkey Country of publication: United States