Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Isolated rib fractures are common injuries that are treated nonoperatively. However, in the setting of multiple ...

Surgical management of rib fractures and thoracic trauma has evolved from purely conservative measures towards targeted operative interventions aimed at restoring chest wall stability, reducing pain ...

ORLANDO, Florida — In patients who have experienced blunt trauma with rib fractures but no flail segments, rib fixation is associated with significantly better survival and a shorter duration of ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Demonstrated in this video are the anterolateral and posterior paramedian approaches for fixation of rib ...

The condition in which multiple rib fractures allow a segment of the rib cage to move independently from the main chest wall is called a flail chest. The effect compromises breathing and may be ...

Evidence-based recommendations on insertion of metal rib reinforcements to stabilise a flail chest wall. This involves using metal (usually titanium) to stabilise the ‘flail’ segment of chest wall.