Your ribs are twelve pairs of bones that wrap from your spine around to the front of your chest. They create a cage that protects some of your most important organs like your lungs and heart. If your ...

Flail chest refers to a type of injury that follows a blunt trauma to the chest. It happens when three or more ribs are each broken in more than one place, causing a segment of bone to detach from the ...

Ribs are like bicycle helmets. They are made to take the brunt of an impact to keep your delicate organs safe. If they break, doctors cannot just put a cast on them. You are going to need time to heal ...

Demonstrated in this video are the anterolateral and posterior paramedian approaches for fixation of rib fractures, which are a component of flail chest injuries. Also shown are plate contouring and a ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Patients with a flail chest scored higher on every single variable when treated surgically with locked plate ...

Most people have 24 ribs, with 12 on each side of the body. No evidence indicates any difference between males and females. The ribs and rib cage are excellent examples of the human body’s ...

Rib fractures are a commonly seen injury that presents in an emergency room setting. Most rib fractures are treated conservatively with observation, but more severe injuries may be considered for ...

Evidence-based recommendations on insertion of metal rib reinforcements to stabilise a flail chest wall. This involves using metal (usually titanium) to stabilise the ‘flail’ segment of chest wall.

Each of your ribs is connected to your breastbone by a piece of cartilage. The point where your rib connects to this cartilage is known as your costochondral joint. Costochondral separation is an ...