Surgical and perioperative management of flail chest with titanium plates: a French cohort series from a thoracic referral center

Surgical and perioperative management of flail chest with titanium plates: a French cohort series from a thoracic referral center

Abstract Background The development of titanium claw plates has made rib osteosynthesis easy to achieve and led to a renewed interest for this surgery. We report the management of patients referred to the intensive care unit (ICU) of a referral center for surgical rib fracture fixation (SRFF) after...

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Main Authors: Sarah Féray, Clarisse Blayau, Hicham Masmoudi, Samuel Haddad, Christophe Quesnel, Jalal Assouad, Muriel Fartoukh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2023-01-01
Series:Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Subjects:
Thoracic trauma
Flail chest
Surgical rib fracture fixation
Complication
TTSS score
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s13019-023-02121-8

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https://doi.org/10.1186/s13019-023-02121-8

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