The floating flail chest: Acute management of an injury combination of the floating shoulder and flail chest
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Invited Commentary Contemporary Management of Flail Chest
Thoracic injury is currently the second leading cause of trauma-related death and rib fractures are the most common of these injuries. Flail chest, as defined by fracture of three or more ribs in two or more places, continues to be a clinically challenging problem. The underlying pulmonary contusion with subsequent inflammatory reaction and right-to-left shunting leading to hypoxia continues to...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Orthopaedics, Trauma and Rehabilitation
سال: 2020
ISSN: 2210-4917,2210-4925
DOI: 10.1177/2210491719899076