%0 Journal Article
%T Seat belt-related chondrosternal disruption with lung herniation
%J Annals of thoracic surgery
%D 2002
%A Rice, Desmond
%A Bikkasani, Naveen
%A Espada, Raphael
%A Mattox, Kenneth
%A Wall, Melanie
%V 73
%N 6
%P 1950-1951
%X 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.
%G 
%I Elsevier Publishing
%@ 0003-4975
%U http://dx.doi.org/