The forensic medical classification of rib fractures
Klevno, V.A.
Sudebno-Meditsinskaia Ekspertiza 33(3): 5-8
1990
ISSN/ISBN: 0039-4521 PMID: 2080545 Document Number: 365478
Classification of rib fractures in thoracic blunt trauma is suggested. Classification accounts for environmental conditions, types of thoracic lesions as well as differential features of fractures. Systematization provides for single terminology to define fractures, it helps to determine mechanogenesis of thoracic trauma and may serve as the basis for compiling diagnostical computer program.