Comparison of ultrasonography and radiography in diagnosis of rib fractures

Comparison of ultrasonography and radiography in diagnosis of rib fractures

Purpose: Rib fractures are the most common skeletal thoracic injuries resulting from blunt chest trauma. Half of the rib fractures are not detected upon a precise physical evaluation and radiographs. Recently ultrasonography (USG) has been investigated to detect rib fractures. But based on literatur...

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Main Authors: Elham Pishbin, Koorosh Ahmadi, Molood Foogardi, Maryam Salehi, Farrokh Seilanian Toosi, Vafa Rahimi-Movaghar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2017-08-01
Series:Chinese Journal of Traumatology
Subjects:
Rib fractures
Radiography
Ultrasonography
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1008127517301499

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