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A Case of Traumatic Flail Chest Requiring Stabilization with Surgical Reconstruction

Background Flail chest is the most serious complication that may occur after thoracic trauma. In this article, we present a case of flail chest caused by blunt chest trauma, which presented dramatic clinical improvement following rib fixation and chest wall reconstruction. Case Description A 53-year...

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Published in:Thorac Cardiovasc Surg Rep
Main Authors: Evman, Serdar, Kolbas, Ilker, Dogruyol, Talha, Tezel, Cagatay
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Georg Thieme Verlag KG 2015
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4670308/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26693118
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1055/s-0035-1558433
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