Pneumothorax, without chest wall fracture, following airbag deployment
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Published:2010-12-21
Issue:2
Volume:2
Page:22
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ISSN:2035-8164
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Container-title:Orthopedic Reviews
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language:
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Short-container-title:Orthop Rev (Pavia)
Author:
Parsons Samuel,Johnson Benjamin,Roach Richard
Abstract
Air bags are an automatic crash protection system. They have been shown to reduce mortality from motor vehicle accidents by 31% following direct head-on impacts, by 19% following any frontal impact and by 11% overall. Despite obvious benefits there has been a corresponding increase in the number of injuries resulting from their deployment. We describe a case of a pneumothorax in the absence of chest wall pathology associated with airbag deployment, in a belted driver. There has been one previous description of pneumothorax associated with airbag deployment, in an unbelted driver.
Publisher
Open Medical Publishing
Subject
Orthopedics and Sports Medicine
Cited by
2 articles.
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