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Does routine uniportal thoracoscopy during rib fixation identify more injuries and impact outcomes?

BACKGROUND: Flail chest and severely displaced rib fractures due to blunt trauma can be associated with intrathoracic injuries. At our institution, two thoracic surgeons perform all surgical stabilization of rib fractures (SSRF): one performs routine uniportal thoracoscopy (R-VATS) at the time of SS...

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Autores principales: Bui, Jenny T., Browder, Sydney E., Wilson, Hadley K., Kindell, Daniel G., Ra, Jin H., Haithcock, Benjamin E., Long, Jason M.
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/PMC7656410/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33209362
http://dx.doi.org/10.21037/jtd-20-2087