Surgical fixation vs nonoperative management of flail chest: A meta-analysis

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 216, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Slobogean, Gerard P ^a   MacPherson, Cailan Alexander ^a   Sun, Terri ^a   Pelletier, Marie Eve ^a   Hameed, S Morad ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TITANIUM;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BONE PLATE; COCHRANE LIBRARY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; EMBASE; FLAIL CHEST; FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; KIRSCHNER WIRE; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PELVIS SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEPTICEMIA; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURING METHOD; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THORAX DEFORMITY; TITANIUM PLATE; TRACTION THERAPY; VENTILATOR; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA;

EID: 84872279876     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: 18791190     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2012.10.010     Document Type: Article

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