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The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, Vol 51, 473-475, Copyright © 1991 by The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

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Strut fixation of an extensive flail chest

RJ Landreneau, JM Hinson Jr, SR Hazelrigg, JA Johnson, TM Boley and JJ Curtis
Department of Surgery, University of Missouri, Columbia 65212.

The indications for and preferred approaches to operative stabilization of posttraumatic chest wall instability are uncertain. We suggest this simple, rapid, and effective approach to surgical stabilization by Luque rod strutting of the flail segment when operation is required.

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