Is enthusiasm for rib fixation outstripping the evidence?

Affiliations

¹ CJOB Cardiothoracic Surgery Unit, The Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, Australia; Department of Surgery, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia. Electronic address: S.Marasco@alfred.org.au.

Editorial

Silvana F Marasco. Injury. 2023 Sep.

. 2023 Sep;54(9):110933.

doi: 10.1016/j.injury.2023.110933.

¹ CJOB Cardiothoracic Surgery Unit, The Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, Australia; Department of Surgery, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia. Electronic address: S.Marasco@alfred.org.au.

No abstract available

Keywords: Chest trauma; Flail chest; Quality of life; Rib fixation.

Conflict of interest statement

Declaration of Competing Interest The author declares receiving honorariums for lectures given by Johnson & Johnson and Zimmer Biomet.

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