He suffered a punctured lung, spine fractures and a fractured pelvis as well as a flail chest, where multiple broken ribs cause the chest wall to become unstable and interfere with breathing.

Thoracic injury is currently the second leading cause of trauma-related death, and rib fractures are the most common of these injuries. 1 Mortality rates after rib fractures are around 10% with higher ...

Drs Robert Glatter, Sergey Motov, and Gary Schwartz discuss a novel way to treat pain related to conditions such as rib fractures and burns, and the implications for patients and healthcare systems.

A 73-year-old male patient underwent operative treatment for dislocation of multiple costochondral junctions alongside multiple bony rib fractures and a flail chest following high-energy trauma.

Flail chest is a particular kind of rib fracture that is defined as three (or more) ribs that are broken in two (or more) places. This means that your ribs have a segment that is not connected to ...

A third serious condition is flail chest, where three or more ribs are fractured in two or more places, causing a segment of bone to detach and move independently. This can lead to consequences like ...

Her flail chest, extensive rib fractures and accumulation of blood in the chest; compromised her a ability to breathe independently and she suffered a few episodes of decrease in oxygen saturation.

A 24-year-old elite sprinter slightly modified her bench press technique to involve bouncing a barbell on her rib cage. After weeks of pain, she was diagnosed with a fracture of her fifth rib.

Most rib injuries happen when there is blunt force trauma to the chest wall, such as from a car accident or a fall. There are different types of rib injuries that may involve the ribcage, sternum ...

Discussion: According to our study, in terms of concomitant pathologies, pneumomediastinum, contusion, and flail chest development in typical rib fractures were more common in patients with atypical ...