Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Lodhia, Joshil Vinod
• Konstantinidis, Konstantinos
• Papagiannopoulos, Kostas

Titel

Surgical management of multiple rib fractures/flail chest

Ist Teil von

• Journal of thoracic disease, 2019-04, Vol.11 (4), p.1668-1675

Ort / Verlag

China: AME Publishing Company

Erscheinungsjahr

2019

Quelle

Free E-Journal (出版社公開部分のみ）

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Rib fractures in the setting of trauma carries a high morbidity and mortality. Forty-three percent of patients presenting with trauma will have rib fractures. Fifty-five percent of patients, greater than 60 years of age, who die following chest trauma, have isolated rib fractures. Mortality associated with rib fractures starts to increase from the age of 45. Rib fixation is being utilised more for the management of rib fractures. Following the review of literature, we propose a pathway for the management of both simple rib fractures and flail segments. Furthermore, we review the various methods of rib fixation, discussing the advantages and disadvantages of each.