Treatment and progress of the fixation of ribs of flail chest
10.3760/cma.j.issn.1673-4203.2011.01.020
- VernacularTitle:连枷胸的肋骨固定治疗及进展
- Author:
Xinjian XU
;
Ming HE
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Flail chest;
Rib fixed
- From:
International Journal of Surgery
2011;38(1):63-65
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Flail chest is the common chest trauma, which causes abnormal respiration and mediastinal swing affecting the respiratory and circulatory function after injury. Fixation of ribs of flail chest has been used for half a century, methods and equipment of which varied, and domestic and foreign scholars have verified its efficacy in clinical practice. This article summarizes its main great progresses.
