Rib spreader laceration: a confusing artifact of emergency thoracotomy
Dixon, D.S.; Champion, H.R.
Journal of Forensic Sciences 28(1): 255-262
1983
ISSN/ISBN: 0022-1198 PMID: 6680744 Document Number: 210507
During emergency thoracotomy, an artifactual injury complex consisting of laceration, abrasion, and, rarely, contusion may be formed by application of a surgical instrument called a rib spreader. Six cases demonstrating this confusing injury are presented, and its formation is discussed.
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