title: Multidisciplinary Approach to Lifesaving Measures in the Elderly Individuals With Flail Chest Injury With ORIF of Rib Fractures: A Report of 2 Cases.
abstract: In this case report, we present 2 cases of flail chest in geriatric patients after severe blunt chest trauma, which were treated at the University Hospital Innsbruck (Level I Trauma Center and Tyrolean Geriatric Fracture Center) by a multidisciplinary team of physicians from anesthesia, intensive care, trauma surgery, and acute geriatrics. We want to point out the benefit of a multidisciplinary approach in geriatric patients with flail chest.
authors.affiliation: Department of Trauma Surgery, Medical University Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria.
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zegg
authors.forename: Christian
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Kammerlander
authors.forename: Stefan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Schmid
authors.forename: Tobias
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Roth
authors.forename: Ursula
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Kammerlander-Knauer
authors.forename: Markus
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gosch
authors.forename: Thomas J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Luger
keywords: anesthesia; fragility fractures; geriatric medicine; geriatric trauma; trauma surgery