Acta Chir Belg
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Flail chest is a clinical condition observed in patients with blunt thorax trauma. Surgical stabilization methods performed on selected patients shorten the durations of mechanical ventilation and intensive care monitoring and significantly reduce the rates of ventilator-associated morbidity and mortality. ⋯ Early surgical rib stabilization in flail chest is a safe treatment method which has a low complication rate and can reduce the morbidity and mortality which develop from mechanical ventilation.