Chest Wall Injury Society guidelines for surgical stabilization of rib fractures: Indications, contraindications, and
Zachary M Bauman1, Yuqian Tian, Andrew R Doben
1From the Division of Trauma, Emergency General Surgery and Critical Care Surgery, Department of Surgery (Z.M.B., Y.T.), University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska; Division of Acute Care Surgery (A.R.D.), St. Francis Hospital and Medical Center, University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Springfield, Massachusetts; Department of Surgery (S.D.S.), Irvine School of Medicine, University of California, Orange, California; Denver Health Medical Center (F.M.P.), Denver, Colorado; Division of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery (A.J.K.), St. Mary's Medical Center, Langhorne, Pennsylvania; University Hospitals (C.W.T.), Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio; Gold Coast University Hospital (B.P.), Queensland, Australia; Department of Surgery (S.K., B.S.), The George Washington University SMHS, Washington, DC; Chest Wall Injury Society (S.A.W.), Salt Lake City, Utah; and Division of Trauma and Critical Care Surgery, Department of Surgery (T.W.W.), Intermountain Medical Center, Salt Lake City, Utah.
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