Management of 150 flail chest injuries: analysis of risk factors affecting outcome☆

• 1 August 2004
• journal article
• Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery
• Vol. 26  (2) , 373-376
• https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejcts.2004.04.011

Abstract

Keywords

• FLAIL CHEST
• MORTALITY
• MORBIDITY
• PNEUMOTHORAX
• CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA
• HEMOTHORAX
• THORACOTOMY
• HEMOPNEUMOTHORAX
• INTENSIVE CARE UNIT
• INJURY SEVERITY SCORE
• LAPAROTOMY
• LENGTH OF STAY
• TRAUMA CENTERS