• 대한정형외과스포츠의학회지
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• 제8권2호
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• pp.125-128
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• 2009

양측 쇄골 골절은 양측 견관절 부위에 강한 외력이 동시에 작용하여 발생하는 드문 골절이다. 편측 쇄골 골절은 보존적 치료로 대부분 만족할 만한 임상 경과를 보이나 동시에 양측이 골절 되는 경우 극심한 통증과 재활 운동의 어려움을 겪게 되며, 호흡운동 장애를 초래할 수도 있다. 저자들은 다발성 늑골 골절 및 혈흉과 흉추 가시돌기 골절을 동반한 양측 쇄골 골절 환자에 대해 수술적 치료를 통해 견관절 기능 회복을 얻었으며, 호흡운동 장애 문제를 해결하였기에 문헌 고찰과 함께 보고하고자 한다.

• Journal of Trauma and Injury
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• 제34권4호
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• pp.284-287
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• 2021

We report a case of delayed chest wall reconstruction after thoracotomy. A 53-yearold female, a victim of a motor vehicle accident, presented with bilateral multiple rib fractures with flail motion and multiple extrathoracic injuries. Whole-body computed tomography revealed multiple fractures of the bilateral ribs, clavicle, and scapula, and bilateral hemopneumothorax with severe lung contusions. Active hemorrhage was also found in the anterior pelvis, which was treated by angioembolization. The patient was transferred to the surgical intensive care unit for follow-up. We planned to perform surgical stabilization of rib fractures (SSRF) because her lung condition did not seem favorable for general anesthesia. Within a few hours, however, massive hemorrhage (presumably due to coagulopathy) drained through the thoracic drainage catheter. We performed an exploratory thoracotomy in the operating room. We initially planned to perform exploratory thoracotomy and "on the way out" SSRF. In the operating room, the hemorrhage was controlled; however, her condition deteriorated and SSRF could not be completed. SSRF was completed after about a month owing to other medical conditions, and the patient was weaned successfully.