An unexpected complication of titanium rib clips.
case_report · Level V
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- Also identified by DOI 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2014.02.054.
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Abstract
Surgical stabilization of the rib fractures has been successfully performed for the management of pain in multiple rib fractures, fixation of chronically painful nonunion, reduction of overriding ribs, and flail chest cases. Herein we report a patient who was treated with titanium rib clips after a motor vehicle accident leading to pulmonary parenchymal laceration and multiple painful rib fractures. Three of the rib clips were broken 4 months after the operation. The patient underwent the second operation for restabilization of the broken ribs. We review the relevant literature, with particular emphasis on the management of this complication.
Medical subject headings
- Fracture Fixation, Internal
- Postoperative Complications
- Rib Fractures
- Ribs
- Surgical Instruments
- Thoracic Injuries