The benefits of early rib fixation for clinical outcomes of flail chest patients in intensive care unit

Agababaoglu, Ismail; Ersoz, HASAN

doi:10.5606/tgkdc.dergisi.2020.18439

The benefits of early rib fixation for clinical outcomes of flail chest patients in intensive care unit

TURK GOGUS KALP DAMAR CERRAHISI DERGISI-TURKISH JOURNAL OF THORACIC AND CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY, cilt.28, sa.2, ss.331-339, 2020 (SCI-Expanded)

Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
Cilt numarası: 28 Sayı: 2
Basım Tarihi: 2020
Doi Numarası: 10.5606/tgkdc.dergisi.2020.18439
Dergi Adı: TURK GOGUS KALP DAMAR CERRAHISI DERGISI-TURKISH JOURNAL OF THORACIC AND CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY
Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, Academic Search Premier, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
Sayfa Sayıları: ss.331-339
Anahtar Kelimeler: Flail chest, locked rib plates, rib fracture, thoracic trauma, NONOPERATIVE MANAGEMENT, OPERATIVE MANAGEMENT, INJURIES, TRAUMA, WALL, STABILIZATION, FRACTURES
Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Adresli: Hayır

Özet

Background: In the present study, we aimed to compare clinical results of conservative and surgical stabilization approaches and to investigate the effect of early reduction in patients with a flail chest.