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ArticleJournal of thoracic disease2025

Reconsidering rib fixation: is a complete video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery approach the future for surgical stabilization?

Jean H T Daemen, Koen C H A Verkoulen, Lars Geenen, Lori M van Roozendaal, Elise van Polen, Aimee J P M Franssen, Annette Pijnenburg, Berry Meesters, Kostan W Reisinger, Raoul van Vugt and 3 more

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Article in Journal of thoracic disease, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors.

Jean H T DaemenDivision of General Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Zuyderland Medical Center, Heerlen, The Netherlands.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4878-3951
Koen C H A VerkoulenDivision of General Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Zuyderland Medical Center, Heerlen, The Netherlands.
Lars GeenenDivision of General Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Zuyderland Medical Center, Heerlen, The Netherlands.
Lori M van RoozendaalDivision of General Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Zuyderland Medical Center, Heerlen, The Netherlands.
Elise van PolenDivision of General Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Zuyderland Medical Center, Heerlen, The Netherlands.
Aimee J P M FranssenDivision of General Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Zuyderland Medical Center, Heerlen, The Netherlands.
Annette PijnenburgDivision of Trauma Surgery, Department of Surgery, Zuyderland Medical Center, Heerlen, The Netherlands.
Berry MeestersDivision of Trauma Surgery, Department of Surgery, Zuyderland Medical Center, Heerlen, The Netherlands.
Kostan W ReisingerDivision of Trauma Surgery, Department of Surgery, Zuyderland Medical Center, Heerlen, The Netherlands.
Raoul van VugtDivision of Trauma Surgery, Department of Surgery, Zuyderland Medical Center, Heerlen, The Netherlands.
Karel W E HulsewéDivision of General Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Zuyderland Medical Center, Heerlen, The Netherlands.
Yvonne L J VissersDivision of General Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Zuyderland Medical Center, Heerlen, The Netherlands.
Erik R de LoosDivision of General Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Zuyderland Medical Center, Heerlen, The Netherlands.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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Rib fracturessurgical stabilizationvideo-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS)

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PMID40950920
PMCPMC12433109

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