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