title: Treatment of traumatic flail chest with muscular sparing open reduction and internal fixation: description of a surgical technique.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Section on Acute Care Surgery, Trauma and Critical Care, University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Lexington, Kentucky 40536-029, USA. ehase2011@uky.edu
authors.forename: Erik A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Hasenboehler
authors.forename: Andrew C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Bernard
authors.forename: Anthony J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Bottiggi
authors.forename: Eric S
authors.initials: ES
authors.lastname: Moghadamian
authors.forename: Raymond D
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Wright
authors.forename: Philip K
authors.initials: PK
authors.lastname: Chang
authors.forename: Bernard R
authors.initials: BR
authors.lastname: Boulanger
authors.forename: Paul A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Kearney
mesh_terms: D000063:Accidents, Traffic; D000368:Aged; D005409:Flail Chest / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013908:Thoracotomy / Q000379:methods*; D014949:Wounds, Nonpenetrating / Q000601:surgery; D055815:Young Adult