Chest wall stabilization in ventilator-dependent traumatic flail chest patients: who benefits?

Kocher, Gregor J

Chest wall stabilization in ventilator-dependent traumatic flail chest patients: who benefits? [electronic resource] - European journal of cardio-thoracic surgery : official journal of the European Association for Cardio-thoracic Surgery 04 2017 - 696-701 p. digital

Publication Type: Evaluation Study; Journal Article

1873-734X

10.1093/ejcts/ezw365 doi


Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Bone Plates
Female
Flail Chest--complications
Fracture Fixation, Internal--instrumentation
Humans
Length of Stay--statistics & numerical data
Male
Middle Aged
Respiration, Artificial--methods
Respiratory Insufficiency--etiology
Retrospective Studies
Rib Fractures--diagnostic imaging
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Wounds, Nonpenetrating--diagnostic imaging