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Case Reports
. 2016 Jul;71(7-8):356-359.

[Surgical fixation in flail chest : a local first encouraging experience]

[Article in French]
M Tonglet  1 , Q Desiron  2 , H Marechal  3 , F Pitance  4 , S Degesves  1
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Case Reports

[Surgical fixation in flail chest : a local first encouraging experience]

[Article in French]
M Tonglet et al. Rev Med Liege. 2016 Jul.
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Abstract
in English, French

We report the case of a young woman who suffered from a severe traffic accident with major thoracic trauma consisting of hemopneumothorax and flail chest. At day 5 of mechanical ventilation, a surgical reduction and fixation of the fractured ribs were performed; the patient was liberated from mechanical ventilation the next day and discharged from the intensive care unit two days later. The success of this local first case incites us to further a similar approach in such challenging trauma cases.

Nous rapportons le cas d’une jeune patiente victime d’un accident grave de la circulation avec un traumatisme thoracique sévère ayant entraîné un hémopneumothorax et un volet thoracique. Au 5ème jour de ventilation invasive, une réduction et une fixation chirurgicales du volet thoracique furent réalisées. La patiente fut sevrée de la ventilation invasive le lendemain et transférée en salle de soins banalisés deux jours plus tard. Le succès de cette première thérapeutique nous incite à la proposer à l’avenir dans des situations similaires.

Keywords: Acute surgery; Trauma; Flail chest.

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