TY - JOUR
T1 - Fijación temprana del tórax inestable
T2 - Reporte de caso
AU - Aparicio-Blanco, Brandon S.
AU - Barrios-Del Río, Rodolfo
AU - Cabrera, Luis F.
AU - Sánchez-Ussa, Sebastián
AU - Martínez, Sebastián
AU - Serna-Lozano, Adriana
AU - Santafé-Guerrero, Marcia
AU - Pedraza-Ciro, Mauricio
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 Academia Mexicana de Cirugía.
PY - 2020
Y1 - 2020
N2 - Background: In 1926, Jones and Richardson described flail chest for the first time. Since then, exist great controversy about conservative vs surgical approach. Objective: Define the benefits, indications and contraindications of the early fixation of rib fractures in flail chest. Conclusion: The open reduction and early fixation of rib fractures for patients with flail chest has proven to be a useful, effective and safe method.
AB - Background: In 1926, Jones and Richardson described flail chest for the first time. Since then, exist great controversy about conservative vs surgical approach. Objective: Define the benefits, indications and contraindications of the early fixation of rib fractures in flail chest. Conclusion: The open reduction and early fixation of rib fractures for patients with flail chest has proven to be a useful, effective and safe method.
KW - Chest trauma
KW - Flail chest
KW - Internal fixation
KW - Rib fracture
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85091584336&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.24875/CIRU.20001505
DO - 10.24875/CIRU.20001505
M3 - Artículo
C2 - 32963408
AN - SCOPUS:85091584336
SN - 0009-7411
VL - 88
SP - 63
EP - 67
JO - Cirugia y Cirujanos (English Edition)
JF - Cirugia y Cirujanos (English Edition)
IS - 91
ER -