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From: Better short-term efficacy of treating severe flail chest with internal fixation surgery compared with conservative treatments

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a–b Fifty-five-year-old patient (the surgery group) sustaining anterolateral flail chest due to segmental fracture of ribs 4–9, hematopneumothorax, pancreatitis, rupture of the spleen. c Endotracheal intubation and insertion of a chest tube immediately after entering ICU. d Chest wall stabilization of ribs 3–6 was performed 4 days after admission and extubation at the third day after surgery

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European Journal of Medical Research

ISSN: 2047-783X

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