The floating flail chest: Acute management of an injury combination of the floating shoulder and flail chest
Background/purpose: The combination of ipsilateral floating shoulder and flail chest is a unique injury pattern that has not been previously described in the literature. We termed the injury pattern floating flail chest (FFC). The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of operative treatme...
Main Authors: | , , , , , , , |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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SAGE Publishing
2020-06-01
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Series: | Journal of Orthopaedics, Trauma and Rehabilitation |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1177/2210491719899076 |