Successful operative rib fixation of traumatic flail chest in a patient with osteogenesis imperfecta

Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 518-519

  Kulaylat, Afif N ^a   Chesnut, Charles H ^a   Santos, Ariel P ^a   Armen, Scott B ^a  

^a PENN STATE MILTON S HERSHEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Flail chest; Operative management; Osteogenesis imperfecta; Rib fixation; Rib fracture

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; BONE FRAGILITY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FLAIL CHEST; HUMAN; LACERATION; LUNG CONTUSION; MIDDLE AGED; OPEN REDUCTION; OSTEOGENESIS IMPERFECTA; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PELVIS FRACTURE; PNEUMOTHORAX; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX DRAINAGE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TREATMENT OUTCOME; COMPLICATION; FRACTURE HEALING; INJURIES; RADIOGRAPHY; RIB; RIB FRACTURES; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; FEMALE; FLAIL CHEST; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; FRACTURE HEALING; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOGENESIS IMPERFECTA; RIB FRACTURES; RIBS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84926306801     PISSN: 15699293     EISSN: 15699285     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icvts/ivu191     Document Type: Article

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