title: Load Sharing, not Load Bearing Plates: Lessons Learned from Failure of Rib Fracture Stabilization.
authors.affiliation: The University of Manchester, UK.
authors.forename: Tareq G
authors.initials: TG
authors.lastname: Sawan
authors.forename: Terry P
authors.initials: TP
authors.lastname: Nickerson
authors.forename: Cornelius A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Thiels
authors.forename: Johnathon M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Aho
authors.forename: William W
authors.initials: WW
authors.lastname: Cross
authors.forename: Henry J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Schiller
authors.forename: Brian D
authors.initials: BD
authors.lastname: Kim
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001860:Bone Plates; D016025:Bone Transplantation / Q000379:methods*; D003371:Cough / Q000150:complications; D020878:Device Removal / Q000379:methods; D004868:Equipment Failure; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005593:Fracture Fixation, Internal / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D017102:Fracture Healing / Q000502:physiology; D005599:Fractures, Ununited / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional; D008297:Male; D012086:Reoperation / Q000379:methods; D012253:Rib Fractures / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D016474:Weight-Bearing / Q000502:physiology