Rib Fixation for a Patient with Severely Displaced and Overlapped Costal Cartilage Fractures |
Han, Sung Ho
(Department of Traumatology, Cheju Halla General Hospital)
Chon, Soon-Ho (Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Cheju Halla General Hospital) Lee, Jong Hyun (Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Cheju Halla General Hospital) Lee, Min Koo (Department of Traumatology, Cheju Halla General Hospital) Kwon, Oh Sang (Department of Traumatology, Cheju Halla General Hospital) Kim, Kyoung Hwan (Department of Traumatology, Cheju Halla General Hospital) Kim, Jung Suk (Department of Traumatology, Cheju Halla General Hospital) Lee, Ho hyoung (Department of Traumatology, Cheju Halla General Hospital) |
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