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Benefit of three-dimensional computed tomography for traumatic rib fracture: easy to detect and explain rib fractures

^a Department of General Thoracic Surgery, Shizuoka General Hospital, 4-27-1, Kita-ando, Aoi-ku, Shizuoka city, 420-8527, Japan
^b Department of Radiology, Shizuoka General Hospital, Shizuoka, Japan

Received 30 November 2007; received in revised form 13 March 2008; accepted 31 March 2008.

^_* Corresponding author. Tel.: +81 54 247 6111; fax: +81 54 247 6140. (Email: hishiba@kf6.so-net.ne.jp).

Key Words: Three-dimensional computed tomography (3D-CT) • Blunt chest trauma • Rib fracture

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Three-dimensional computed tomography (3D-CT) could detect fractures of the sternum, more rib cartilage or rib fractures (Fig. 1 ) causing delayed pneumothorax or hemothorax . . . [Full Text of this Article]