Ultrasonic diagnosis of chest injuries
Tsurupa, D.I.; Deriabin, A.I.
Vestnik Khirurgii Imeni I. I. Grekova 128(3): 99-103
1982
ISSN/ISBN: 0042-4625 PMID: 7080405 Document Number: 188712
Ultrasonic diagnostic examinations were used in 365 patients with closed injuries (150), wounds (181) and consequences of traumas (34). The ultrasonic method allows to rapidly and exactly determine the presence and limits of the exudate, blood, coagulated hemothorax, residual cavity, thickness of the parietal and visceral layers of the pleura, the state of the pulmonary tissue (inflammation, blood inhibition, atelectasis). The ultrasonic method is simple, harmless and applicable under conditions of any surgical hospital.