A Case of Urothorax That Manifested as Posttraumatic... : Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery (original) (raw)

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A Case of Urothorax That Manifested as Posttraumatic Pleural Effusion after a Motorcycle Crash

Hase, Takanobu MD; Kodama, Masashi MD, FACS; Domasu, Satoshi MD; Nakamura, Kiyone MD; Morita, Kazuhiko MD; Tarumi, Takao MD; Nakagawa, Kiyohide MD; Nakamura, Kiyotaka MD

From the Department of Emergency and Critical Medicine (T.H.) and the First Department of Surgery (M.K., S.D.), Shiga University of Medical Science, Otsu, Japan; the Choann-kai Nakamura Hospital (K.Nakamura, K.M., K.Nakamura), Uji, Japan; and the Isei-kai, Kyoto Yahata Hospital (T.T., K.Nakagawa), Yahata, Japan.

Address for reprints: Takanobu Hase, MD, Department of Emergency and Critical Medicine, Medical Coordination Center, Seta, Tsukinowa-cho, Otsu 520-21, Japan; fax: 81-77-548-2240; e-mail: [email protected].