Retraction: Functional results after chest wall stabilization with a new screwless fixation device [Eur J Cardiothorac Surg, 47, (2015) (868-875)] DOI: 10.1093/ejcts/ezu318;Functional results after chest wall stabilization with a new screwless fixation device

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 868-875

  Wiese, Mark Nikolaj ^a   Kawel boehm, Nadine ^a   Moreno de la santa, Pablo ^b   Al shahrabani, Feras ^a   Toffel, Melanie ^a   Rosenthal, Rachel ^a   Schäfer, Juliane ^a,c   Tamm, Michael ^a   Bremerich, Jens ^a   Lardinois, Didier ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b HOSPITAL POVISA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Chest wall; Imaging; Outcome; Surgery techniques; Trauma

Indexed keywords

TITANIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE PLATE; CLAMP; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTUSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; FLAIL CHEST; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; INTUBATION; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG VOLUME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPEN REDUCTION; OPERATION DURATION; ORTHOPEDIC FIXATION DEVICE; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGIDITY; SHOULDER GIRDLE; THORAX DEFORMITY; THORAX WALL; VITAL CAPACITY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPLICATION; DEVICES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RIB FRACTURES; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; THORACIC INJURIES; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FLAIL CHEST; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RIB FRACTURES; SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS; THORACIC INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84929158161     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: 1873734X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ejcts/ezy048     Document Type: Erratum

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