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Minimally invasive surgery for sternal and bilateral rib fractures
- Source :
- Proceedings of Singapore Healthcare, Vol 31 (2022)
- Publication Year :
- 2022
- Publisher :
- SAGE Publishing, 2022.
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Abstract
- Sternal bone fractures with bilateral multiple rib fractures cause serious instability of the anterior chest wall, and prolonged mechanical ventilation may be required. A 45-year-old man was injured in a motor vehicle collision. He suffered from a bilateral flail chest injury accompanied by a transverse sternal fracture. Minimally invasive surgical stabilisation of the anterior chest wall was performed using two bars as per the Nuss procedure. Two days after surgery, he was extubated from artificial respiration and was ultimately discharged without any complications.
- Subjects :
- Medicine
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 20592329 and 20101058
- Volume :
- 31
- Database :
- Directory of Open Access Journals
- Journal :
- Proceedings of Singapore Healthcare
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- edsdoj.f8f263325f4715922146f9fd409214
- Document Type :
- article
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1177/20101058211025994