title: [Blunt thoracic trauma--therapeutic relevance of results of roentgen image, ultrasound and computerized tomography].
abstract: In 60 patients with severe thoracic trauma the diagnostic procedures--X-ray of the chest, sonography and thoracic computed tomography (CT)--were reviewed for their incidence of finding all injuries. X-ray of the chest often failed to detect lung contusion and injuries in the mediastinal space. Four of five ruptures of the diaphragm were incidental findings on the occasion of laparotomy because of intraabdominal bleeding.
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Chirurgie, Medizinische Universität zu Lübeck.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hansen
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Muhl
mesh_terms: D018806:APACHE; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000601:surgery; D055370:Lung Injury; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D013898:Thoracic Injuries / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014463:Ultrasonography; D014949:Wounds, Nonpenetrating / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*
vernacular_title: Das stumpfe Thoraxtrauma--Therapierelevanz der Ergebnisse von Röntgenbild, Sonographie und Computertomographie.