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This chapter will focus on two exposures to evaluate chest trauma and the indications to use a left anterolateral thoractomy vs. a median sternotomy. A patient with thoracic trauma requires logical and sequential evaluation; only about 20% of thoracic trauma requires an operation. It is important for the surgeon to evaluate whether the patient needs a damage control thoracic procedure or a formal surgical intervention.
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Kapil, A., Ferrada, P. (2020). Operative Exposures for Chest Trauma: The Median Sternotomy and Left Anterolateral Thoracotomy. In: Ferrada, P., Ferrada, R. (eds) Atlas of Trauma. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-26871-8_2
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