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

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Agababaoglu I., Ersoz H.

TURK GOGUS KALP DAMAR CERRAHISI DERGISI-TURKISH JOURNAL OF THORACIC AND CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY, vol.28, no.2, pp.331-339, 2020 (SCI-Expanded)

• Publication Type: Article / Article
• Volume: 28 Issue: 2
• Publication Date: 2020
• Doi Number: 10.5606/tgkdc.dergisi.2020.18439
• Journal Name: TURK GOGUS KALP DAMAR CERRAHISI DERGISI-TURKISH JOURNAL OF THORACIC AND CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY
• Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, Academic Search Premier, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
• Page Numbers: pp.331-339
• Keywords: Flail chest, locked rib plates, rib fracture, thoracic trauma, NONOPERATIVE MANAGEMENT, OPERATIVE MANAGEMENT, INJURIES, TRAUMA, WALL, STABILIZATION, FRACTURES
• Dokuz Eylül University Affiliated: No

Abstract

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.