Operative fixation of chest wall fractures: An underused procedure?

American Surgeon

Volumn 73, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 591-596

  Richardson, J David ^a   Franklin, Glen A ^a   Heffley, Susan ^a   Seligson, David ^a  

^a University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TITANIUM; BIOMATERIAL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE PLATE; BONE SCREW; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FRACTURE; FRACTURE FIXATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFECTION; OPEN REDUCTION; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PSEUDARTHROSIS; RIB FRACTURE; STERNUM; STERNUM FRACTURE; THERAPY DELAY; THORAX DEFORMITY; THORAX SURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTILATOR; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FLAIL CHEST; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURE NONUNION; INJURY; INSTRUMENTATION; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THORAX PAIN; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TIME; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; BONE PLATES; BONE SCREWS; CHEST PAIN; FLAIL CHEST; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURES, BONE; FRACTURES, UNUNITED; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MIDDLE AGED; RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RIB FRACTURES; STERNUM; TIME FACTORS; TITANIUM; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34548552856     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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