Victor X Mosquera, Milagros Marini, Javier Muñiz, José M Lopez-Perez, Daniel Gulías, José J Cuenca
BACKGROUND: The objective of this study is to report the clinical and radiological characteristics and early and long-term survival of a series of acute traumatic aortic injuries (ATAI) in crush trauma patients, and to compare such data with our last 30 years experience managing ATAI in deceleration non-crush trauma patients. METHODS: From January 1980 to December 2010, 5 consecutive ATAI in crush trauma and 69 in non-crush trauma patients were admitted at our institution...
January 2013: Injury