… of rib fracture patients. The purpose of this consensus statement is to present transparent, …
, graded recommendations for the surgical management of rib fractures, as decided upon by …

… -based consensus guidelines for … to clinical flail chest, to both. Approximately one half of
the studies also described mechanism of injury, number of ribs fractured, and associated injuries…

… Accordingly, expert consensus statements have … 1) there is no consensus among experienced
chest wall surgeons regarding … This clinical picture likely differs from patient to patient, and …

… Surgical stabilization of rib fractures (SSRF) has gained increasing interest over the past
decade. Improved clinical … patients with TBI, consensus effort could improve disseminating …

… The optimal timing of surgical stabilization of rib fractures (… , and clinical variables are
associated with time to surgery and (2) … prospective trials, 4–6 and consensus statements, 7,8 and …

… Surgical stabilization of rib fractures (SSRF) is now used worldwide in the management of
patients with severe chest wall injuries. … Accordingly, consensus statements have conditionally …

… As a result, consensus guidelines by among others the … interval rib fracture displacement of
these same fractures (B). CT… studies and guidelines have advocated a clinical benefit to early …

… Conference abstracts, case reports and editorials were … final selection achieved by unanimous
consensus. Reports with … Currently, there are a paucity of clinical guidelines for rib fixation…

… in selected cases, surgical stabilization of rib fractures may be … of Rib Fracture Colloquium
and Chest Wall Injury Summits, … , clinical trial chief investigators and the Chest Wall Injury …

… consensus statement (Pieracci et al.), there are no national or international guidelines available
… According to the guidelines of the responsible state medical association, an ethical vote …