TY  - JOUR
T1  - Operative Treatment of Chest Wall Injuries: Indications, Technique, and Outcomes
AU  - Lafferty, Paul M.
AU  - Anavian, Jack
AU  - Will, Ryan E.
AU  - Cole, Peter A.
Y1  - 2011/01/05
N1  - 10.2106/JBJS.I.00696
JO  - The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery
SP  - 97
EP  - 110
VL  - 93
IS  - 1
N2  - Most injuries to the chest wall with residual deformity do not result in long-term respiratory dysfunction unless they are associated with pulmonary contusion.Indications for operative fixation include flail chest, reduction of pain and disability, a chest wall deformity or defect, symptomatic nonunion, thoracotomy for other indications, and open fractures.Operative indications for chest wall injuries are rare.
SN  - 0021-9355
M3  - doi: 10.2106/JBJS.I.00696
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.2106/JBJS.I.00696
ER  -