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The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Vol 86, 300-305, Copyright © 1983 by The American Association for Thoracic Surgery and The Western Thoracic Surgical Association

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Treatment of flail chest with Judet's struts

A Menard, J Testart, JM Philippe and P Grise

This report describes our experience with the operative stabilization of flail chest with the use of Judet's struts. In a series of 18 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 methods, since it provides better stabilization and immobilization of the ribs and thus obviates the need for artificial ventilation.

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