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 ...

Flail chest is an injury that occurs typically following a blunt trauma to the chest. When three or more ribs in a row have multiple fractures within each rib, it can cause a part of your chest ...

Flail Chest (Multiple Rib Fractures) Dr. Varghese: They can. This is again going into consideration that oftentimes rib fractures don't occur in isolation. So early indications are if you have ...

The sternum is infrequently fractured, but chest trauma can result in abnormalities ranging from single fractures to flail chest, in which three or more ribs have two or more fractures each. With ...

Displaced rib fractures or flail segments are likely to interfere with normal chest movements or breathing mechanics, hindering lung expansion and eventually gas exchange (Fig 4). The position and ...

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 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.

This article provides an overview of the injury characteristics and nursing management of patients with rib fractures in the acute hospital setting In the second article in a series on trauma nursing, ...