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Article

Traumatic Ribs Fracture: How to Treat Them?

by
Marco Scarci
1,*,
Andrea Billè
1,
Imran Zahid
1 and
Tom Routledge
2
1
Department of Thoracic Surgery, St Joseph’s Healthcare, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON L8N 4A6, Canada
2
Department of Thoracic Surgery, Guy’s Hospital, London SE1 9RT, UK
3
Imperial College Medical School, London SW7 2DD, UK
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Surg. Tech. Dev. 2011, 1(2), e20; https://doi.org/10.4081/std.2011.e20
Submission received: 19 June 2011 / Revised: 11 September 2011 / Accepted: 19 September 2011 / Published: 24 October 2011

Abstract

Flail chest complicates about 10% of patients with chest trauma and is associated with a mortality rate of 10–20% in older series, while a recent one reports no mortality. The majority of the cases are treated conservatively with internal pneumatic stabilization and pain control. In recent years, nevertheless, we assisted in the resurgence of chest wall fixation due to the availability of new devices. We report our experience in the use of mouldable titanium clips (STRACOS, Strasbourg Thoracic Osteosyntheses System; MedXpert, Heitersheim, Germany) to fix traumatic rib fracture. This device presents an advantage over previous strategies, as it is easy to apply and doesn’t require drilling and screwing of the ribs.
Keywords: chest wall; titanium; artificial rib; fixation chest wall; titanium; artificial rib; fixation

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Scarci, M.; Billè, A.; Zahid, I.; Routledge, T. Traumatic Ribs Fracture: How to Treat Them? Surg. Tech. Dev. 2011, 1, e20. https://doi.org/10.4081/std.2011.e20

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Scarci M, Billè A, Zahid I, Routledge T. Traumatic Ribs Fracture: How to Treat Them? Surgical Techniques Development. 2011; 1(2):e20. https://doi.org/10.4081/std.2011.e20

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Scarci, Marco, Andrea Billè, Imran Zahid, and Tom Routledge. 2011. "Traumatic Ribs Fracture: How to Treat Them?" Surgical Techniques Development 1, no. 2: e20. https://doi.org/10.4081/std.2011.e20

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Scarci, M., Billè, A., Zahid, I., & Routledge, T. (2011). Traumatic Ribs Fracture: How to Treat Them? Surgical Techniques Development, 1(2), e20. https://doi.org/10.4081/std.2011.e20

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