Rib fixation: Who, What, When? [PDF]
Trauma Surgery & Acute Care Open, 2017 Rib fractures are among the most common traumatic injury found in ∼20% of all patients who suffer thoracic trauma. The majority of these are a result of a blunt mechanism and are often associated with other traumatic injuries.
Ram Nirula, Marc de Moya, Walter Biffl
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Placement of KANI® plate inside the chest wall for rib fixation: Prevention for organ injuries caused by crossed rib edges and plate claws [PDF]
Respirology Case Reports, 2022 The claw‐type titanium plate has been successfully applied to manage a flail chest. However, rare and life‐threatening organ injury occurs due to an insufficient claw bend. We report an ingenuity of surgical fixation using KANI® plates (USCI Japan, Tokyo,
Asuka Uebayashi +5 more
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Rib Fracture Fixation Restores Inspiratory Volume and Peak Flow in a Full Thorax Human Cadaveric Breathing Model [PDF]
Archives of Trauma Research, 2015 Background Multiple rib fractures cause significant pain and potential for chest wall instability. Despite an emerging trend of surgical management of flail chest injuries, there are no studies examining the effect of rib fracture fixation on ...
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Rib Fixation for Multiple Rib Fractures: Healthcare Professionals Perceived Barriers and Facilitators to Clinical Implementation. [PDF]
World J Surg, 2023 AbstractBackgroundSurgical stabilization of rib fractures (SSRF) is associated with improved respiratory symptoms and shorter intensive care admission in patients with flail chest. For multiple rib fractures, the benefit of SSRF remains a topic of debate. This study investigated barriers and facilitators of healthcare professionals to SSRF as treatment
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Improved Fixation Stability of a Dedicated Rib Fixation System in Flail Chest: A Retrospective Study [PDF]
Medicina, 2022 Background and Objectives: Flail chest typically results from major trauma to the thoracic cage and is accompanied by multiple rib fractures. It has been well documented that surgical fixation of rib fractures can decrease both morbidity and mortality ...
Shang-Ting Tsai +3 more
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Rib fixation in patients with severe rib fractures and pulmonary contusions: Is it safe? [PDF]
J Trauma Acute Care Surg, 2022 BACKGROUND Pulmonary contusion has been considered a contraindication to surgical stabilization of rib fractures (SSRFs). This study aimed to evaluate the association between pulmonary contusion severity and outcomes after SSRF. We hypothesized that outcomes would be worse in patients who undergo SSRF compared with nonoperative
Van Wijck SFM +6 more
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Long-term outcomes of surgical rib fixation in patients with flail chest and multiple rib fractures [PDF]
Trauma Surgery & Acute Care Open, 2020 Background Recently, interest has increased in surgical fixation for severe thoracic wall injury with good short-term outcomes. However, few reports have evaluated long-term outcomes or complications.
Tetsuro Nishimura +6 more
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Effectiveness of rib fixation compared to pain medication alone on pain control in patients with uncomplicated rib fractures: study protocol of a pragmatic multicenter randomized controlled trial—the PAROS study (Pain After Rib OSteosynthesis) [PDF]
Trials, 2022 Background Persistent pain and disability following rib fractures result in a large psycho-socio-economic impact for health-care system. Benefits of rib osteosynthesis are well documented in patients with flail chest that necessitates invasive ...
Jean Yaniss Perentes +9 more
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Cardiac injury due to the rapid progress of the dislocation of rib fractures: A rare case that required urgent open reduction and internal rib fixation [PDF]
Respiratory Medicine Case Reports, 2019 Background: Most rib fractures are treated conservatively, but patients with severe trauma may require surgical treatment. We report a rare case of delayed pericardial injury due to a fractured rib stump.
Keigo Okamoto +2 more
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Comminuted Paraspinal Rib Fractures with Resultant Impending Penetrating Aortic Injury Requiring Costovertebral Rib Fixation: A Case Report [PDF]
MedicinaBackground and Objectives: Rib fractures are common in patients with trauma, and patients with multiple rib fractures often require surgical stabilization.
Soon-Ki Min +2 more
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