Conventional radiography or ultra sound for rib fracture diagnosis: a literature review

Elham Pishbin; Moloud Foogerdi

Volume 1, Issue 3 , August 2014, , Pages 154-159

https://doi.org/10.17463/RCM.2014.03.011

Abstract
  Blunt chest trauma accounts for the majority of mortalities and morbidities in traumatized patients. Rib fractures are one of the most common chest wall injuries due to blunt chest trauma, which is estimated to occur in 10% of all traumatic injuries. Conventional radiography and ultra-sonography are ...  Read More