BACKGROUND Chest wall implosion injuries secondary to side impact are unusual but devastating injuries. The purpose of this series is to describe the clinical entity, present a surgical technique to reduce and repair the thoracic cage deformity without thoracotomy, and report outcomes in nine patients. STUDY Institutional review board approved retrospective case series, surgical technique. ...

BACKGROUND To evaluate the incidence of chest wall toxicity after lung stereotactic ablative radiotherapy (SABR) and identify risk factors for the development of rib fracture. METHODS Thirty-nine patients with 49 lesions underwent SABR for primary or metastatic lung tumors using Cyberknife® with tumor tracking systems. Patient characteristics, treatment factors and variables obtained from dos...

In this study, we used analytic morphomics to understand the mechanisms of rib fracture for older occupants in frontal crashes. Analytic morphomics extracts body features from computed tomography scans of people involved in vehicle crashes who have been treated at the University of Michigan, a Level‐1 trauma center. Chest injury and rib fracture patterns w...

Abstract Objectives To assess cases with rib fractures in infants under observation for or an abuse diagnosis, and to compare risk factors that but no diagnosis. Methods Design was case-series register case-control of (aged <1 year) fractures. Data clinical records the (n = 26) from national health registers case-controls 28 n 31). Outcome measures were maternal perinatal characteristics, re...

The incidence and treatment of sternal fractures among traffic accidents are of increasing importance to ensure best possible outcomes. Analysis of technical indicators of the collision, preclinical and clinical data of patients with sternal fractures from 1985-2004 among 42,055 injured patients were assessed by an Accident Research Unit. Two time groups were categorized: 1985-1994 (A) vs. 1995...