Reply to "Open reduction and internal fixation of rib fractures in polytrauma patients with flail chest" by DeFreest et al.
Department of Sugery, Baystate Medical Center, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Springfield, MA, USA.
Andrew R
AR
Doben
Department of Surgery, Denver Health Medical Center, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver, CO, USA.
Fredric M
FM
Pieracci
D005409:Flail Chest / Q000601:surgery*; D005593:Fracture Fixation, Internal; D006801:Humans; D009104:Multiple Trauma; D012253:Rib Fractures / Q000601:surgery*