Utility of cervical spinal and abdominal computed tomography in diagnosing occult pneumothorax in patients with blunt trauma: Computed tomographic imaging protocol matters


Akoglu H., Akoglu E. U., Evman S., Akoglu T., DENİZBAŞI ALTINOK A., Guneysel O., ...Daha Fazla

JOURNAL OF TRAUMA AND ACUTE CARE SURGERY, cilt.73, sa.4, ss.874-879, 2012 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

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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).