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An increasing trend in geriatric trauma patients undergoing surgical stabilization of rib fractures

PURPOSE: The proportion of geriatric trauma patients (GTPs) (age ≥ 65 years old) with chest wall injury undergoing surgical stabilization of rib fractures (SSRF) nationally is unknown. We hypothesize a growing trend of GTPs undergoing SSRF, and sought to evaluate risk of respiratory complications an...

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Autores principales: Duong, William, Grigorian, Areg, Nahmias, Jeffry, Farzaneh, Cyrus, Christian, Ashton, Dolich, Matthew, Lekawa, Michael, Schubl, Sebastian
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7583690/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33095279
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00068-020-01526-7