Surgical stabilization of severe rib fractures decreases incidence of retained hemothorax and empyema - Majercik, Sarah; Vijayakumar, Sathya; Olsen, Griffin; Wilson, Emily; Gardner, Scott; Granger, Steven R.; Van Boerum, Don H.; White, Thomas W. (The American journal of surgery, 2015)
Keywords: Data collection; Empyema - diagnostic imaging; Empyema - etiology; Empyema - microbiology; Female; Hemothorax - diagnostic imaging; Hemothorax - etiology; Hemothorax - surgery; Hospitals; Humans; Injury Severity Score; Intensive care; Male; Medical records; Middle Aged; Narcotics; Ostomy; Outcomes; Pain; Propensity Score; Radiography, Thoracic; Registries; Retained hemothorax; Rib fractures; Rib Fractures - complications; Rib Fractures - diagnostic imaging; Rib Fractures - surgery; Surgery; Surgical stabilization of rib fractures; Thoracic trauma; Tomography, X-Ray Computed; Trauma; Retained hemothorax; Rib fractures; Thoracic trauma; Surgical stabilization of rib fractures; Outcomes