Multidisciplinary Approach to Lifesaving Measures in the Elderly Individuals With Flail Chest Injury With ORIF of Rib Fractures
oleh: Michael Zegg, Christian Kammerlander, Stefan Schmid, Tobias Roth, Ursula Kammerlander-Knauer, Markus Gosch, Thomas J. Luger
| Format: | Article |
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| Diterbitkan: | SAGE Publishing 2012-12-01 |
Deskripsi
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.