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TOMOHISA SHOKO
Department School of Medicine(Tokyo Women's Medical University Adachi Medical Center), School of Medicine Position Professor |
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| Article types | Case report |
| Language | English |
| Peer review | Peer reviewed |
| Title | Surgical fixation using rib stabilizers for flail chest injuries of elderly patients: case reports |
| Journal | Formal name：Journal of Trauma and Emergency Care Abbreviation：J Trauma and Emergency Care |
| Domestic / Foregin | Foregin |
| Volume, Issue, Page | 2(2),pp.1-4 |
| Author and coauthor | Tomohisa Shoko†*, Yoshizumi Deguchi, Keiichi Kuriyama |
| Authorship | Lead author,Corresponding author |
| Publication date | 2017/03 |
| Summary | We performed surgical fixation for flail chest injury in three elderly patients between 2014 and 2016. As surgical procedures using locked plates take a long time and are unsuitable for the thin rib bones in elderly patients, we used titanium rib stabilizers. The fixation procedure for rib stabilizers is very simple and useful for thin bones and comminuted fractures. In all three cases, the patient was extubated within 3 days postoperatively and hospitalized without pneumonia. Two patients were
discharged without complications, while one patient died of pulmonary embolism 3 months postoperatively. |
| DOI | 10.1576/TEC.1000126 |