Operation with Judet`s Strut for Flail Chest

Flail chest 에서 Judet`s Struts 를 이용한 수술 치험 1례

  • Park, Byung-Soon (Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Nam Kwang General Hospital, Kwang Ju) ;
  • Hur, Sun (Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Chonnam National University, Medical School) ;
  • Lee, Dong-Jun (Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Chonnam National University, Medical School)
  • 박병순 (광주 남광병원 흉부외과) ;
  • 허선 (전남대학교 흉부외과학교실) ;
  • 이동준 (전남대학교 흉부외과학교실)
  • Published : 1990.08.01

Abstract

This reports describes our experience with the operative stabilization of flail chest with the use of Judet’s struts. Two patients with flail chest, the method allowed shorter duration of artificial ventilation and decreased functional sequelae. We find this technique to be better than previously published method, since it provides better stabilization and immobilization of the ribs and thus obviates the need for artificial ventilation and prevents post-traumatic chest deformity.

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