Comparison of Surgical Stabilization Time in Patients with Flail Chest

Cinar H. U., Çelik B.

THORACIC AND CARDIOVASCULAR SURGEON, vol.68, no.08, pp.743-751, 2020 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 68 Issue: 08
  • Publication Date: 2020
  • Doi Number: 10.1055/s-0040-1713661
  • Journal Name: THORACIC AND CARDIOVASCULAR SURGEON
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, Academic Search Premier, EMBASE, MEDLINE
  • Page Numbers: pp.743-751
  • Keywords: chest wall, intensive care, trauma, outcomes, thoracoscopy, VATS, FRACTURES DECREASES INCIDENCE, RIB FRACTURES, RETAINED HEMOTHORAX, MANAGEMENT, INJURIES, FIXATION
  • Ondokuz Mayıs University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Background This study aimed to compare the clinical outcomes of early and late surgical stabilization of rib fractures (SSRFs) in patients with flail chest.