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Flail Chest

Known as: Flail Chest [Disease/Finding], Stove in Chest, Stove-in Chest 
A complication of multiple RIB FRACTURES; RIB and STERNUM fractures, or thoracic surgery. A portion of the THORACIC WALL becomes isolated from the… 
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Highly Cited
2018
Highly Cited
2018
Characteristics and source apportionment of black carbon in the Helsinki metropolitan area, Finland
Highly Cited
2016
Highly Cited
2016
Surgical treatment of multiple rib fractures and flail chest in trauma: a one-year follow-up study
BackgroundMultiple rib fractures and unstable thoracic cage injuries are common in blunt trauma. Surgical management of rib… 
Review
2012
Review
2012
Management of pulmonary contusion and flail chest: An Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma practice management guideline
Background Despite the prevalence and recognized association of pulmonary contusion and flail chest (PC-FC) as a combined… 
Highly Cited
2011
Highly Cited
2011
Impact of Reduced Maternal Exposures to Wood Smoke from an Introduced Chimney Stove on Newborn Birth Weight in Rural Guatemala
Background: A growing body of evidence indicates a relationship between household indoor air pollution from cooking fires and… 
Highly Cited
2005
Highly Cited
2005
A comparative study of continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) and intermittent positive pressure ventilation (IPPV) in patients with flail chest
Introduction: The role of non-invasive positive pressure ventilation delivered through a face mask in patients with flail chest… 
Review
2003
Review
2003
A comprehensive analysis of traumatic rib fractures: morbidity, mortality and management.
Review
1990
Review
1990
The management of flail chest injury: factors affecting outcome.
The records of 57 patients presenting with flail chest injury from 1981 through 1987 were reviewed to determine factors affecting… 
Review
1986
Review
1986
Variables affecting outcome in blunt chest trauma: flail chest vs. pulmonary contusion.
We reviewed 144 consecutive patients with flail chest and/or pulmonary contusion between 1979 and 1984. The purpose was to… 
Highly Cited
1984
Highly Cited
1984
Management of flail chest.
  • R. Lindzon
  • Canadian Medical Association journal
  • 1984
  • Corpus ID: 3243544
The conclusion of Dr. Hensley A.B. Miller and colleagues in their article on management of flail chest (Can Med Assoc J 1983; 129… 
Highly Cited
1975
Highly Cited
1975
Surgical stabilization of traumatic flail chest.
Since 1970 we have stabilized the ribs to correct paradoxical movement of the chest wall in chest injuries, using an original… 
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