Successful Surgical Fixation Using Bio-Absorbable Plates for Frail Chest in a Severe Osteoporotic Octogenarian

We present a case of a severe osteoporotic octogenarian who sustained serious flail chest from a traffic accident. The 3rd–9th ribs of the right chest wall were fractured. Non- operative management was unsuccessful. We performed a surgical fixation using a bio- absorbable and bio-active mini-plating...

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Autores principales: Waseda, Ryuichi, Matsumoto, Isao, Tatsuzawa, Yasuhiko, Iwasaki, Akinori
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Editorial Committee of Annals of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2018
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6923724/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29563370
http://dx.doi.org/10.5761/atcs.cr.17-00223

Internet

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6923724/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29563370
http://dx.doi.org/10.5761/atcs.cr.17-00223

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