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Ann Thorac Surg 2000;70:343
© 2000 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

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Guglielmo M. Actis Dato, MDa, Enrico Aidala, MDa, Enrico Ruffini, MDa

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We appreciate the opportunity to reply to the comments of Carbognani and colleagues regarding our article [1]. They stress and emphasize an important aspect of extensive flail chest injuries: the need to surgically stabilize the chest cage earlier than possible to reduce the time of mechanical ventilation support as an internal fixation, and subsequent complications.

The case discussed by Carbognani presented some worse aspects . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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