Surgical versus nonsurgical interventions for flail chest.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Thoracic trauma (TT) is common among people with multiple traumatic injuries. One of the injuries caused by TT is the loss of thoracic stability resulting from multiple fractures of the rib cage, otherwise known as flail chest (FC). A person with FC can be treated conservatively with orotracheal intubation and mechanical ventilation (internal pneumatic stabilization) but may also undergo surgery to fix the costal fractures.

Objectives

To evaluate the effectiveness and safety of surgical stabilization compared with clinical management for people with FC.

Search methods

We ran the search on the 12 May 2014. We searched the Cochrane Injuries Group's Specialised Register, the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL, The Cochrane Library), MEDLIN

SUBMITTER: Cataneo AJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9189492 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature