1. [Surgical stabilization of multiple rib fractures can shorten inpatient stay].
- Author
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Halberg R and Neckelmann K
- Subjects
- Accidental Falls, Adult, Female, Flail Chest etiology, Fracture Dislocation complications, Fracture Dislocation diagnostic imaging, Fracture Dislocation pathology, Fracture Dislocation surgery, Fractures, Comminuted complications, Fractures, Comminuted diagnostic imaging, Fractures, Comminuted pathology, Fractures, Comminuted surgery, Fractures, Multiple complications, Fractures, Multiple diagnostic imaging, Fractures, Multiple pathology, Humans, Imaging, Three-Dimensional, Length of Stay, Rib Fractures complications, Rib Fractures diagnostic imaging, Rib Fractures pathology, Tomography, X-Ray Computed, Fracture Fixation, Internal, Fractures, Multiple surgery, Rib Fractures surgery
- Abstract
Flail chest is a common complication in patients with blunt chest wall traumas resulting in high mortality rates. In this case report a 43-year-old woman was stepped on by a horse, thereby receiving multiple rib fractures and pneumohaemothorax. She was not able to wean from epidural analgesia after ten days and maintained a "thoracic floating feeling". In opposition to the non-operative management previously preferred, a surgical stabilization was then performed in the patient, who was discharged only five days later. Thus, surgical fixation of multiple rib fractures may reduce inpatient stay.
- Published
- 2018