%0 Journal Article
%T No benefit to surgical fixation of flail chest injuries compared with modern comprehensive management: results of a retrospective cohort study
%A Bronwyn Slobogean
%A Gerard Slobogean
%A Jaclyn Farquhar
%A Naisan Garraway
%A Richard K. Simons
%A S. Morad Hameed
%A Yahya Almahrabi
%J Archive of "Canadian Journal of Surgery".
%D 2016
%R 10.1503/cjs.000515
%X Chest wall trauma is a common cause of morbidity and mortality. Recent technological advances and scientific publications have created a renewed interest in surgical fixation of flail chest. However, definitive data supporting surgical fixation are lacking, and its virtues have not been evaluated against modern, comprehensive management protocols
%U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5042715/