title: [Surgical management of multiple rib fractures: a case report of rib stapler].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Niigata University School of Medicine.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Souma
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hirono
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yamato
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yoshiya
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nakayama
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tsuchida
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Eguchi
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D012253:Rib Fractures / Q000601:surgery*; D013528:Surgical Staplers