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ArticleInternational journal of surgery case reports2018

Surgical reconstruction of traumatic flail chest with titanium plaques.

Tuba Apaydın, Berk Arapi, Cem Başaran

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Article in International journal of surgery case reports, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1citing papers in PubMed
0.9field-weighted citation impact, top 24% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. A case of severe flail chest with several dislocated sterno-chondral fractures.International journal of surgery case reports · 2019
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Tuba ApaydınThoracic Surgery Unit, Bitlis State Hospital, Beş Minare District, Selahattin Eyyübi Street Nu: 160, 13000, Bitlis, Turkey. Electronic address: tubaapaydn72@gmail.com.
Berk ArapiDepartment of Cardiovascular Surgery, Istanbul University Cerrahpaşa Medical Faculty, Koca Mustafa Paşa District, Cerrahpaşa Street Nu: 53, 34096, Fatih, İstanbul, Turkey.
Cem BaşaranAnesthesiology Unit, Antalya Gazipaşa State Hospital, Cumhuriyet District, Hastane Street, 07900, Gazipaşa, Antalya, Turkey.
Istanbul University-Cerrahpaşa · TRState Hospital · GB

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionMultiple rib fractures exposes serious respiratory disorders and they are generally treated with non surgical methods. Nevertheless, in cases of long term pain despite medical treatment, parenchymal injury, hematoma, posture disorder and flail chest, surgery is needed. Flail chest, as the most critical form of blunt chest trauma, can disturb the hemodynamic of patient significantly and threaten life. This work has been reported in line with the SCARE criteria. PRESENTATION OF CASE: A 32 year old male patient referred to our hospital with flail chest in intubated status due to industrial accident. In physical examination, there was displaced dissociation in lower 1/3 of sternum and pericardium was palpated in the subcutaneus tissue. In thorax CT, there was fracture both in the right 7-8. costochondral and in the left 8. costochondral joints. Additionally, crepitation was palpated in these joints. There was flail chest in the right anterior hemithorax and in the lower sternum. Patient was treated with chest wall reconstruction with titanium plaques. DISCUSSION: In cases of flail chest, after a few days mechanical ventilation, implementing stabilization provides a rapid healing.

conclusionsWe believe there is significant place of surgery for stabilization in proper cases.

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Case reportFlail chestPlaqueStabilizationTitaniumTrauma

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PMID30086476
PMCPMC6083373
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