
@article{ref1,
title="Seat belt-related chondrosternal disruption with lung herniation",
journal="Annals of thoracic surgery",
year="2002",
author="Rice, Desmond and Bikkasani, Naveen and Espada, Raphael and Mattox, Kenneth and Wall, Melanie",
volume="73",
number="6",
pages="1950-1951",
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.",
language="",
issn="0003-4975",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}