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Gastric blunt traumatic injuries: A computed tomography grading classification
Antonio Solazzo, Department of Radiology, AO Bolognini di Seriate, 24068 Seriate, Italy
Giulia Lassandro, Department of Radiology, Federico II University, 80131 Naples, Italy
Francesco Lassandro, Department of Radiology, Monaldi Hospital, 80131 Naples, Italy
Author contributions: Solazzo A and Lassandro G analyzed and interpreted the data and drafted the article; Lassandro F designed the study, acquired data and critically revised the article; all the authors approved the version for publication.
Institutional review board statement: Approved by ethical committee of SUN-Monaldi n.940 August 2, 2016.
Informed consent statement: Participants informed consent was not obtained to be enrolled in this study, but data are anonymized and risk of identification is low.
Conflict-of-interest statement: All the authors have no conflict of interests.
Data sharing statement: No addition data are available.
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Correspondence to: Francesco Lassandro, MD, Department of Radiology, Monaldi Hospital, via Leonardo Bianchi, 80131 Naples, Italy. f.lassandro@gmail.com
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Received: July 13, 2016
Peer-review started: July 16, 2016
First decision: September 2, 2016
Revised: October 30, 2016
Accepted: December 1, 2016
Article in press: December 2, 2016
Published online: February 28, 2017
Peer-review started: July 16, 2016
First decision: September 2, 2016
Revised: October 30, 2016
Accepted: December 1, 2016
Article in press: December 2, 2016
Published online: February 28, 2017
Core Tip
Core tip: Although a wide spectrum of computed tomography findings has been described for gastric blunt traumas, no systematic instrumental approach exists in this setting. In this study the authors produced a radiological grading of gastric traumatic injuries that might play a role in both the diagnostic phase of the emergency setting and prognostic stratification of these patients.