Operative stabilization of a flail chest six years after injury

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 600-601

  Slater, Matthew S ^a,b   Mayberry, John C ^a   Trunkey, Donald D ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DYSPNEA; FLAIL CHEST; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDARTHROSIS; SURGICAL APPROACH; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 0034900501     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(00)02262-1     Document Type: Article

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