Rib fracture stabilization in patients sustaining blunt chest injury

American Surgeon

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 307-309

  Nirula, Ram ^a   Allen, Brian ^a   Layman, Ralph ^a   Falimirski, Mark E ^a   Somberg, Lewis B ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; FRACTURE FIXATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; RIB FRACTURE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORAX BLUNT TRAUMA; VENTILATOR; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BLUNT TRAUMA; CASE CONTROL STUDY; INJURY SCALE; LENGTH OF STAY; MIDDLE AGED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MIDDLE AGED; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; RIB FRACTURES; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 33646903720     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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