title: eReply: In patients with acute flail chest does surgical rib fixation improve outcomes in terms of morbidity and mortality?
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, King's College Hospital, London SE5 9RS, UK.
authors.forename: Rizwan Q
authors.initials: RQ
authors.lastname: Attia
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, King's College Hospital, London SE5 9RS, UK.
authors.forename: Katharina L
authors.initials: KL
authors.lastname: Schulte
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, King's College Hospital, London SE5 9RS, UK.
authors.forename: Donald C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Whitaker
mesh_terms: D005409:Flail Chest / Q000601:surgery*; D005593:Fracture Fixation, Internal; D006801:Humans; D009017:Morbidity; D012253:Rib Fractures / Q000601:surgery*; D012272:Ribs