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- Title
Locking Placement and Surgical Management ID in Sternal Fractures.
- Authors
Kosif, Aysun; Derdiyok, Onur; Evman, Serdar
- Abstract
Flail chest is the most severe form of blunt thoracic trauma and is defined as the disruption of the sternum fractures or costochondral joints as a result of at least two fractures of three or more of the ribs on the anterior or lateral side of the chest wall. Life-threatening physiopathologic changes can affect the clinical condition of patients at any moment. Flail chest is defined as the inward movement of the broken segment while breathing while moving outward. Surgery is the only option in case of significant deformity involving the chest wall, inconsistent breathing dynamics, lung or diaphragmatic injury, and significant deformity requiring prolonged mechanical ventilation. In this article, we present reconstruction of the chest wall with AO-ASIF (Arbeitsgemeindschaft fur Osteosynthesefragen) osteosynthesis plate, which we performed in a patient with posttraumatic sternal fracture and paradoxal respiration.
- Publication
Journal of the Society of Thoracic Carido-Vascular Anaesthesia & Intensive Care, 2019, Vol 25, Issue 3, p198
- ISSN
1305-5550
- Publication type
Academic Journal
- DOI
10.5222/GKDAD.2019.50490