Analysis of bone healing in flail chest injury: Do we need to fix both fractures per rib?

Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 452-458

  Marasco, Silvana ^a,b   Liew, Susan ^a   Edwards, Elton ^a,b   Varma, Dinesh ^a,b   Summerhayes, Robyn ^a  

^a ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

flail chest; Rib fixation; rib fracture

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CALLUS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FLAIL CHEST; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE HEALING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIB FRACTURE; THORAX INJURY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

FEMALE; FLAIL CHEST; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE HEALING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RIB FRACTURES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84907331970     PISSN: 21630755     EISSN: 21630763     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0000000000000375     Document Type: Article

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