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Pulmonary contusion was probably first described by Morgagni in the 18th century, but Laurent’s description in The Lancet in 1883 appears to be the first to recognize the possibility that plasticity of the chest wall, most notably in the young,…

Thoracic wall injuries: Ribs, sternal and scapular fractures, and hemothoraces and pneumothoraces

While many thoracic injuries are potentially lethal, most patients will survive. The earliest description of surviving blunt and penetrating chest trauma are Neanderthal skeletons showing evidence of a healed penetrating trauma and blunt rib fractures. The Edwin Smith Papyrus, written…

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Pulmonary contusion and flail chest

Thoracic wall injuries: Ribs, sternal and scapular fractures, and hemothoraces and pneumothoraces