Pilot study of operative fixation of fractured ribs in patients with flail chest

ANZ Journal of Surgery

Volumn 79, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 804-808

  Marasco, Silvana ^a   Cooper, Jamie ^a   Pick, Adrian ^a   Kossmann, Thomas ^a  

^a ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Flail chest; Fracture fixation; Internal; Rib fracture; Thoracic wall

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; FEMALE; FLAIL CHEST; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE REDUCTION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PILOT STUDY; RIB FRACTURE; SAFETY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORAX SURGERY;

ABSORBABLE IMPLANTS; ADULT; AGED; BONE PLATES; FEMALE; FLAIL CHEST; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; RIB FRACTURES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70449501984     PISSN: 14451433     EISSN: 14452197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-2197.2009.05104.x     Document Type: Article

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