• Thorax · Apr 1979

    Technique for the management of anterior flail chest.

    • N Guernelli, R B Bragaglia, A Briccoli, M Mastrorilli, and R Vecchi.
    • Thorax. 1979 Apr 1; 34 (2): 247-8.

    AbstractA technique for the management of anterior flail chest consisting of osteosynthesis and the positioning of two long Kirschner wires behind the sternum in the form of a St Andrew's cross is described. The procedure is easy to perform, the patient is ambulant early, and the results are good.

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