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Purpose: Rib fractures occur in approximately 10% of patients with traumatic injury.They are associated with a greater injury burden especially when coupled with head, extremity, abdominal, and blunt cardiac injury.Mortality rates increase with the number of ...

Purpose Rib fractures occur in approximately 10% of patients with traumatic injury. They are associated with greater injury burden especially when coupled with head, extremity, abdominal and blunt cardiac injury. Mortality rates increase with the number of fr...

Purpose Surgical Stabilization of rib fractures should be considered in patients with flail chest, flail sternum, and painful rib fractures associated with movement that have been refractory to conventional pain management in order to improve morbidity and mo...

Purpose Rib fractures occur in approximately 10% of patients with traumatic injury. They are associated with greater injury burden especially when coupled with head, extremity, abdominal and blunt cardiac injury. Mortality rates increase with the number of fr...

Purpose Surgical Stabilization of rib fractures should be considered in patients with flail chest, flail sternum, and painful rib fractures associated with movement that have been refractory to conventional pain management in order to improve morbidity and mo...