title: Traumatic aortic transection: evidence for the osseous pinch mechanism.
abstract: Acute traumatic transection of the thoracic aorta is most commonly seen in vehicular trauma and is generally accepted to be due to differential deceleration. A second mechanism is proposed for this injury and that is the osseous pinch mechanism. We report a case where aortic transection occurred due to a crush injury and supports the latter mechanism.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, St. James's Hospital, Dublin, Ireland.
authors.forename: Hossein
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Javadpour
authors.forename: John J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: O'Toole
authors.forename: J Niall
authors.initials: JN
authors.lastname: McEniff
authors.forename: David A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Luke
authors.forename: Vincent K
authors.initials: VK
authors.lastname: Young
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001013:Aorta, Thoracic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries*; D001696:Biomechanical Phenomena; D003444:Crush Syndrome; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012421:Rupture; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000503:physiopathology