Treatment of chest wall implosion injuries without thoracotomy: Technique and clinical outcomes

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 8-13

  Solberg, Brian D ^a   Moon, Charles N ^b   Nissim, Abraham A ^c   Wilson, Matthew T ^c   Margulies, Daniel R ^c  

^a Department of Orthopaedic Surgery ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Chest wall trauma; Flail chest; Rib plating

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CLAVICLE FRACTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LUNG CONTUSION; MALE; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RIB FRACTURE; SCORING SYSTEM; THORACOTOMY; THORAX DEFORMITY; BLUNT TRAUMA; BONE PLATE; CASE REPORT; FOLLOW UP; HEMATOTHORAX; INJURY; METHODOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THORAX WALL; TIME; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; BONE PLATES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HEMOTHORAX; HUMANS; MALE; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RIB FRACTURES; THORACIC WALL; THORACOTOMY; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 70350433908     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e3181a8b3be     Document Type: Article

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