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Surgical fixation of rib fractures decreases intensive care length of stay in flail chest patients

BACKGROUND: Nonoperative treatment is currently the standard therapy for rib fractures. However, there is a trend towards surgical fixation from conservative management over the last decade. While surgical fixation of rib fractures has shown promising results, its impact on the clinical results rema...

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Autores principales: Xiao, Xiangzhi, Zhang, Shengchao, Yang, Juhua, Wang, Jian, Zhang, Zhilong, Chen, Hao
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: AME Publishing Company 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7154414/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32309363
http://dx.doi.org/10.21037/atm.2020.01.39