One of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality in both young and old trauma victims is a severe blunt injury to the chest.The Major Trauma Outcome Study of more than 80,000 patients documented about 75 patients with flail chest injuries. Flail chest is one of the worst types of thorax injuries and more rigorous scientific methods have been applied to this problem, in both the clinical setting and laboratory. This article reviews the most salient features of the diagnostic and treatment options that are now available in the treatment of flail chest. 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 chest wall . Clinical presentation: The clinical presentation of flail chest depends upon its severity. It includes: Severe chest pain…
