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Case Reports
. 2019 May;11(Suppl 8):S1096-S1099.
doi: 10.21037/jtd.2018.09.03.

Closed chest compressions after rib plating

Ashley Bartscherer  1 , Claire Miller  1 , Matthew Johnson  1 , Allan Stolarski  2 , Marco Vitto  3 , Tatiana Kazakova  4 , Christina Lee  1 , Marcel Tafen  1
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Case Reports

Closed chest compressions after rib plating

Ashley Bartscherer et al. J Thorac Dis. 2019 May.
No abstract available

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflicts of Interest: Marcel Tafen is a paid speaker/presenter for Synthes. The other authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.

Figures

Figure 1
Figure 1
Three-dimensional reconstruction of steering wheel chest injury. Right ribs 4–8 were fractured anteriorly and left ribs 3–8 were fractured anteriorly.
Figure 2
Figure 2
Postoperative chest X-ray illustrating the plating technique used in surgical stabilization of rib fractures.
Figure 3
Figure 3
Chest computed tomography image of three-dimensional reconstruction after the first round of cardiopulmonary resuscitation illustrating intact plates.
Figure 4
Figure 4
Chest X-ray after the second round of cardiopulmonary resuscitation illustrating no additional rib fractures, intact plates, and absence of screw pullout.
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