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Pattern of Flail Chest Injury Secondary to Blunt Chest Trauma in Menoufia University Hospital (a Prospective Study) [PDF]
Ain Shams Journal of Forensic Medicine and Clinical Toxicology, 2017 Flail chest injury is a condition usually resulting from a blunt trauma with a great force to the chest wall causing multiple rib fractures with segmental chest wall instability and leading to significant morbidity and mortality.
Reham El Farouny, Ola Sweilum
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Chest wall stabilization in ventilator-dependent traumatic flail chest patients: who benefits? [PDF]
, 2016 OBJECTIVES Traumatic flail chest is a potentially life threatening injury, often associated with prolonged invasive mechanical ventilation and intensive care unit stay.
Schmid, Ralph +3 more
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Scientific Reports, 2023 Flail chest is a severe injury to the chest wall and is related to adverse outcomes. A flail chest is classified as the physiologic, paradoxical motion of a chest wall or flail segment of rib fracture (RFX). We hypothesized that patients with paradoxical
Junepill Seok +6 more
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Chinese Journal of Traumatology, 2022 Surgical stabilization of the flail chest is challenging and has no established guidelines. Chest wall integrity and stability are the main factors that ensure the protection of intrathoracic organs and an adequate respiratory function. Here, we report a
Klein Dantis +3 more
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Combining the use of Nuss procedure and rib fixation for severe flail chest: a case report
BMC Surgery, 2020 Background Severe flail chest is a life-threatening situation. The Nuss procedure is a new effective treatment for severe flail chest patients who cannot be weaned from prolonged mechanical ventilation in the last few years. However, the procedure is not
Quanwei Guo +3 more
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Crossed Kirschner’s wires for the treatment of anterior flail chest: an extracortical rib fixation [PDF]
Journal of Emergency Practice and Trauma, 2017 Objective: Thoracic trauma may be a life-threatening condition. Flail chest is a severe chest injury with high mortality rates. Surgery is not frequently performed and, in Literature, data are controversial.
Felice Mucilli +6 more
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A Case of Traumatic Flail Chest Requiring Stabilization with Surgical Reconstruction
The Thoracic & Cardiovascular Surgeon Reports, 2015 Background Flail chest is the most serious complication that may occur after thoracic trauma. In this article, we present a case of flail chest caused by blunt chest trauma, which presented dramatic clinical improvement following rib fixation and chest ...
Serdar Evman +3 more
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Pattern and Outcome of Chest Injuries at Bugando Medical Centre in Northwestern Tanzania. [PDF]
, 2011 Chest injuries constitute a continuing challenge to the trauma or general surgeon practicing in developing countries. This study was conducted to outline the etiological spectrum, injury patterns and short term outcome of these injuries in our setting ...
Joseph B Mabula +11 more
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BMC Anesthesiology, 2023 Background One of the worst types of severe chest injuries seen by clinicians is flail chest. This study aims to measure the overall mortality rate among flail chest patients and then to correlate mortality with several demographic, pathologic, and ...
Khaled M. Alanwer +2 more
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Chest wall osteosynthesis after trauma using titanium plates: case report [PDF]
Journal of Clinical and Investigative Surgery, 2019 Introduction. Flail chest can become life-threatening when accompanied by other complications of thoracic trauma. Current hospital flail chest management includes mechanical ventilation and pain control.
Felix Dobritoiu +2 more
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