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OTA 2019: Possible benefit for flail chest fixation in intubated patients but not in non-intubated
November 2019
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Unstable chest wall injuries, including flail chest, have traditionally been treated non-operatively. Operative treatment has become more common in recent years, but it remains unclear which, if any patients, benefit from surgery. The authors randomized 207 patients with unstable chest wall injuries to operative versus non-operative treatment. The primary outcome was ventilator free days (VFDs), a...
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