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Hugo Clermidy1, Alexandre Nerot2, Benjamin Chappuy1
1Department of Thoracic and Endocrine Surgery, University Hospital of Grenoble, Grenoble, France.
Abstract:
We describe a patient with polytrauma that included anterior chest flail caused by a fall while climbing. As the situation was similar to a pectus excavatum, we attempted to stabilize the depressed chest wall by using a vacuum bell. Deep breath, peak flow, and pectus index were increased when the patient used the vacuum bell. Conservative treatment with a vacuum bell during the day and continuous positive airway pressure during the night was undertaken for 6 weeks. This report documents stabilization of an anterior flail chest using a vacuum bell.
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