Background Flail chest (FC) is known to account for high mortality and morbidity and is
typically treated with conservative care. Operative fixation of FC has been advocated as an …

Purpose Flail chest was traditionally treated non-operatively using mechanical ventilation
and pain control. In order to reduce the occurrence of ventilation-associated complications …

BACKGROUND: Flail chest is a life-threatening injury typically treated with supportive
ventilation and analgesia. Several small studies have suggested large improvements in …

BACKGROUND: Traumatic flail chest injury is a potentially life threatening condition
traditionally treated with invasive mechanical ventilation to splint the chest wall. Longer-term …

Purpose Flail chest is a life-threatening complication of severe chest trauma with a mortality
rate of up to 15%. The standard non-operative management has high comorbidities with …

Objective: To perform a systematic review and meta-analysis of studies comparing operative
to nonoperative therapy in adult FC patients. Outcomes were duration of mechanical …

Purpose The goal of this study was to determine the impact of surgical rib fixation (SRF) in a
treatment protocol for severe blunt chest trauma. Materials and methods Patients with flail …

Background Over the years, a trend has evolved towards operative treatment of flail chest
although evidence is limited. Furthermore, little is known about operative treatment for …

BACKGROUND: Recently, rib fracture fixation for flail chest has been used increasingly at
both academic and nonacademic trauma centers. Although a few small non-US studies …

Objectives. Conservative management of patients with flail chest is the treatment of choice.
Rib fracture repair is technically challenging; however, with the advent of specially designed …