%0 Journal Article
%T Rib Osteosynthesis for Sub-Acute  Management of a Flail Chest in a Tertiary Centre in a Low-Middle Income Country of Sub-Saharan Africa: Case Report at Douala Laquintinie Hospital
%A Fabrice St¨¦phane Arroye Betou
%A Nyankoue Mebouinz Ferdinand
%A Guy Aristide Bang
%A Kobe Folkabo Zephany
%A Banga Nkomo Douglas
%A Moussa Seck Diop
%A Abdoul Lahad Mbeng
%A Marcella Derboise Christelle Biyouma
%A Noel Essomba
%A Souleyman Diatta
%A Handy Eone Daniel
%A Arthur Essomba
%A Hassan Ndiaye
%A Maurice Aurelien Sosso
%J Open Journal of Thoracic Surgery
%P 1-16
%@ 2164-3067
%D 2024
%I Scientific Research Publishing
%R 10.4236/ojts.2024.141001
%X <strong>Background:</strong> <span style=\"font-family:;\" \"=\"\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">Costal
fracture surgical is still a debate, therefore we shall select between early
and delay surgical management. </span><b><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">Case Report: </span></b><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">We are reporting two cases
of post road traffic clash delay ribs fractures osteosynthesis involving a
63-year-old man with multistage fractures on the left and pulmonary pinning of
one of the costal arches, complicated by a homolateral haemothorax and a
41-year-old man with a bilateral flail chest. </span><b><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">Conclusion: </span></b><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">The simple
postoperative course and the immediate postoperative improvement in the
patient¡¯s clinical respiratory condition enabled us to discuss the time frame
for management, in this case the indication for early or later surgery.</span></span>
%K Flail Chest
%K Fixation Plate
%K Rib Fracture
%K Osteosynthesis
%U http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=131009