CT-derived sarcopenia should not preclude surgical stabilization of traumatic rib fractures

BACKGROUND: Rib fractures are associated with considerable morbidity and mortality. Surgical stabilization of rib fractures (SSRF) can be performed to mitigate complications. Sarcopenia is in general known to be associated with poor clinical outcomes. We investigated if sarcopenia impacted number of...

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Autores principales: Doolittle, Derrick A., Hernandez, Matthew C., Baffour, Francis I., Moynagh, Michael R., Takahashi, Naoki, Froemming, Adam T., Glazebrook, Katrina N., Kim, Brian D.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer International Publishing 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7884563/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33590301
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s41747-021-00206-4

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