Flail chest – weighty complications of conservative therapy (internal pneumatic stabilization)
Authors:
Václav Šimánek; Vladislav Třeška; Eduard Kasal *; Vladimír Špidlen; Jiří Klečka; Josef Vodička; Jarmil Šafránek; Pavel Altmann *
Authors‘ workplace:
Department of Surgery, University Hospital Pilsen
; Klinika anesteziologie a resuscitace FN Plzeň
*; Department of Anaesthesiology and Resuscitation, University Hospital Pilsen
Chirurgická klinika FN Plzeň
*
Published in:
Úraz chir. 15., 2007, č.3
Overview
Aim:
Compare complications of conservative therapy (internal pneumatic fixation) of unstable fractures of ribs.
Material and methods:
The statitistical analysis of duration of lung ventilation, length of ICU stay, overal hospital stay and complication of treatment was performed.
Results:
Were enrolled thirty patients (26 men and 4 women) in studying group. The average age was 46.7 years. The average value of trauma score ISS in the group was 29. Duration of lung ventilation was 18,2 days. The length of stay in the ICU was 24,4 days. The overal hospital stay was 27,7 days. In the group were registered important complications (bronchopneumonia, pneumotorax, multiple organ failure, respiration insufficiency. In the group appeared 12 deaths.
Conclusion:
The bronchopneumony was registered as most important complication and influence with exitus of patients.
Key words:
unstable fractures of ribs, internal pneumatic fixation, complications.
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