Observational management of Grade II or higher blunt traumatic thoracic aortic injury: 15 years of experience at a single suburban institution

Jin Bong Ye¹, Jin Young Lee¹, Jin Suk Lee¹, Se Heon Kim¹, Hanlim Choi², Yook Kim³, Soo Young Yoon⁴, Young Hoon Sul⁵, Jung Hee Choi^6
1 Department of Trauma Surgery Trauma Center, Chungbuk National University Hospital, Cheongju, Korea
² Department of Surgery, Chungbuk National University Hospital, Cheongju, Korea
³ Department of Radiology, Chungbuk National University Hospital, Cheongju, Korea
⁴ Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, Trauma Center, Chungbuk National University Hospital, Cheongju, Korea
⁵ Department of Trauma Surgery Trauma Center, Chungbuk National University Hospital; Department of Trauma Surgery, College of Medicine, Chungbuk National University, Cheongju, Korea
⁶ Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Chungbuk National University Hospital, Cheongju, Korea

Correspondence Address:
Dr. Jin Young Lee
Department of Trauma Surgery, Trauma Center, Chungbuk National University Hospital Cheongju 28644
Korea

Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None

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DOI: 10.4103/ijciis.ijciis_89_21