Background Rib fractures are one of the most common traumatic injuries and may result in
significant morbidity and mortality. Despite growing evidence, technological advances and …

BACKGROUND Rib fractures are a common in thoracic trauma. Increasingly, patients with
flail chest are being treated with surgical stabilization of rib fractures (SSRF). We performed …

Background: Traumatic flail chest results in respiratory distress and prolonged hospital stay.
Timely surgical fixation of the flail chest reduces respiratory complications, decreases …

Background Obesity is associated with adverse outcomes after major operations. The role of
operative rib fixation (RF) in obese patients with flail chest is not clear. The presence of other …

Introduction Nonoperative management (NOM) along with supportive care has been the
adopted approach for traumatic rib fractures; however, surgical approaches have emerged …

Background Flail chest is a common and serious traumatic condition in thoracic surgery. The
treatment of flail chest often includes open reduction and internal fixation, which is relatively …

Introduction We aimed to examine impact of trauma center (TC) surgical stabilization of rib
fracture (SSRF) volume on outcomes of patients undergoing SSRF. Methods Blunt rib …

Introduction Prior studies have shown that the surgical stabilization of rib fractures (SSRF)
for patients with multiple rib fractures is associated with improved outcomes by restoring …

Background Given the lack of high-quality data on patient selection for surgical stabilization
of rib fractures (SSRF), significant variability in practice likely exists across trauma centers …

Background Optimized conservative treatment of rib fractures has long been practiced, but
surgical fixation has not been promising until recently. We aimed to examine and analyze …