Operative Treatment of Flail Chest

Video Description

This is a recent case of rib fracture fixation utilizing a standard thoracotomy approach.

Here's a recent JOT article on the subject:

Althausen PL, Shannon S, Watts C, Thomas K, Bain MA, Coll D, O'mara TJ, Bray
TJ. Early surgical stabilization of flail chest with locked plate fixation. J
Orthop Trauma. 2011 Nov;25(11):641-7. Level of Evidence: 3.
PMID: 22008858 (Link to Abstract)