[Successful treatment of a geriatric COVID-19 patient with severe chest trauma : An interdisciplinary case report].

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Klinik für Thoraxchirurgie und Lungenunterstützung, Klinikum Ibbenbüren, Grosse Straße 41, 49477, Ibbenbüren, Deutschland.

Published: May 2021

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has spread rapidly worldwide and leads to high morbidity and mortality. Clinical experience regarding the surgical management in COVID-19 patients is limited. We report the interdisciplinary approach in a COVID-19 patient with severe thoracic trauma and pulmonary symptoms, who was admitted to the emergency unit after blunt chest trauma with dislocated serial rib fractures and concomitant hemothorax.

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