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Surgical rib fixation for flail chest deformity improves liberation from mechanical ventilation

Andrew R. Doben, Evert A. Eriksson, Chadrick E. Denlinger, Stuart Leon, Deborah J. Couillard, Samir M. Fakhry, Christian T. Minshall

Journal of Critical Care · 2013 · 107 citations · 19 references

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Rib Fractures in the Elderly

Eileen M. Bulger, Matthew A. Arneson, Charles Mock et al. · The Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection, and Critical Care · 2000 · 711 citations

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Surgical Stabilization of Internal Pneumatic Stabilization? A Prospective Randomized Study of Management of Severe Flail Chest Patients

Hideharu Tanaka, Tetsuo Yukioka, Yoshihiro Yamaguti et al. · The Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection, and Critical Care · 2002 · 568 citations

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A comprehensive analysis of traumatic rib fractures: morbidity, mortality and management

Mehmet Sırmalı · European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery · 2003 · 545 citations · Full text

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Half-a-dozen ribs: The breakpoint for mortality

B. Flagel, Fred A. Luchette, R. Lawrence Reed et al. · Surgery · 2005 · 515 citations

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Prospective Randomized Controlled Trial of Operative Rib Fixation in Traumatic Flail Chest

Silvana Marasco, Andrew R. Davies, Dinesh Varma et al. · Journal of the American College of Surgeons · 2013 · 467 citations

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