The natural history of flail chest injuries

Purpose: Flail chest (FC) injuries represent a significant burden on trauma services because of its high morbidity and mortality. Current gold standard conservative management strategies for FC, are now being challenged by renewed interest in surgical rib fixation. This retrospective epidemiological...

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Main Authors: Kamil Naidoo, Layth Hanbali, Peter Bates
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2017-10-01
Series:Chinese Journal of Traumatology
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1008127516303571