Comparison of the Materials Used in Chest Wall Reconstruction for Flail Chest
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Comparison of two pediatric flail chest cases
Flail chest is a rare complication in pediatric patients with blunt chest trauma. There is no general consensus on which treatment is most appropriate for flail chest in pediatric patients, although it has been reported that surgical fixation is associated with beneficial outcomes for flail chest in adults. The present report described two pediatric cases of flail chest, which was rare in pedia...
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عنوان ژورنال: Prehospital and Disaster Medicine
سال: 1999
ISSN: 1049-023X,1945-1938
DOI: 10.1017/s1049023x00033756