[Surgical management of multiple rib fractures: a case report of rib stapler].
A 66-year-old woman with multiple rib fractures was successfully treated with the use of Rib Staplers (Judet's struts made of titanium). Rib Staplers are effective for the stabilization of fractured ribs even if fracture lines are oblique.
Souma
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T
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Niigata University School of Medicine.
Hirono
T
T
Yamato
Y
Y
Yoshiya
K
K
Nakayama
K
K
Tsuchida
M
M
Eguchi
S
S
D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D012253:Rib Fractures / Q000601:surgery*; D013528:Surgical Staplers