ArticleJournal of cardiothoracic surgery2015
Management of patients with flail chest by surgical fixation using claw-type titanium plate.
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- Comparison of flail and multiple simple rib fracture patterns among patients included in rib fracture studies; A systematic review and meta-analysis.European journal of trauma and emergency surgery : official publication of the European Trauma Society · 2025Pooled it
- The evaluation of pulmonary function after rib fixation for multiple rib fractures and flail chest: a retrospective study and systematic review of the current evidence.European journal of trauma and emergency surgery : official publication of the European Trauma Society · 2021Pooled it
- Fixation of flail chest or multiple rib fractures: current evidence and how to proceed. A systematic review and meta-analysis.European journal of trauma and emergency surgery : official publication of the European Trauma Society · 2019Pooled it
- Surgical stabilization of rib fractures (SSRF): the WSES and CWIS position paper.World journal of emergency surgery : WJES · 2024Review
- Application of Titanium Mesh in the Early Treatment of Flail Chest.International journal of biomaterials · 2024Article
- Surgical stabilization of multiple rib fractures in an Asian population: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Journal of thoracic disease · 2023Article
- Impact of flail chest injury on morbidity and outcome: ten years' experience at a tertiary care hospital in a developing country.BMC anesthesiology · 2023Observational
- Surgical and perioperative management of flail chest with titanium plates: a French cohort series from a thoracic referral center.Journal of cardiothoracic surgery · 2023Observational
- Rib Plating as an Effective Approach to Managing Traumatic Rib Injuries: A Review of the Literature.Cureus · 2022Review
- The Chinese consensus for surgical treatment of traumatic rib fractures 2021 (C-STTRF 2021).Chinese journal of traumatology = Zhonghua chuang shang za zhi · 2021Review
- Clinical outcomes of critically ill multiple trauma patients with rib fractures. A prospective study with retrospective control.Anaesthesiology intensive therapy · 2021Article
- Early results after operatively versus non-operatively treated flail chest: a retrospective study focusing on outcome and complications.European journal of trauma and emergency surgery : official publication of the European Trauma Society · 2020Article
- A new instrument for surgical stabilization of multiple rib fractures.The Journal of international medical research · 2020Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe goal of the study was to compare surgical rib fixation using claw-type titanium plate with conservative treatment in the management of patients with flail chest.
methodsThe study retrospectively studied 23 patients suffering from flail chest injury, who admitted to our hospital from October, 2010 to February, 2014. The patients received surgical fixation by using claw-type titanium plate (surgical fixation group). A age and sex-matched cohort of 29 patients received conservative treatment and defined as conservative treatment group. Outcome variables included number of cases undergoing mechanical ventilation, ventilation time, time of hospital stay, incidence of respiratory complications, incidence of thoracic deformity and postoperative forced expiratory volume in the first second (FEV1).
resultsCompared with conservative treatment group, surgical fixation group had fewer cases undergoing mechanical ventilation, shorter ventilation time, shorter hospital stay, lower incidence of respiratory complications and thoracic deformity and improved pulmonary function. Patients undergoing surgery earlier had shorter time of mechanical ventilation.
conclusionsSurgical rib fixation with claw-type titanium plate is a reliable and efficient method in the management of patients with flail chest.
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