Cir Cir
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Flail chest is managed with mechanical ventilation or inhalation therapy, and analgesia. Mechanical ventilations carry risks by themselves and disengage with the external fixators so they must be operated to improve lung ventilatory mechanics and cleaning. Little has been published on the use of bioabsorbable material and its evolution in the setting of flail chest. ⋯ Flail chest has a high (16.3%) mortality when no management provides the pathophysiology of the condition (pain, poor mechanical ventilation, alveolar edema-pulmonary contusion). The use of bioabsorbable material has no side effects attributable to material which is another option for rib fixation.
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Observational Study
[Ultrasound-guided continuos infraclavicular block for hand surgery: technical report arm position for perineural catheter placement].
Continuous perineural infusion of local anesthetic provides better postoperative analgesia than intravenous administration of opioids or NSAIDs in upper limb surgery. The infraclavicular approach is a good option due to the muscular stability to catheter; the abduction of the arm apparently makes more superficial the brachial plexus and which elevates clavicle cephalad. ⋯ Arm abduction allows better scanning facilitates the infraclavicular puncture and catheter introduction.