JOURNAL OF TRAUMA AND ACUTE CARE SURGERY, cilt.73, sa.4, ss.874-879, 2012 (SCI-Expanded)
BACKGROUND: Small pneumothoraces (PXs), which are not initially recognized with a chest x-ray film and diagnosed by a thoracic computed tomography (CT), are described as occult PX (OCPX). The objective of this study was to evaluate cervival spine (C-spine) and abdominal CT (ACT) for diagnosing OCPX and overt PX (OVPX).