Rib Fracture Management A Practical Manual /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: de Moya, Marc (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Mayberry, John (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Subjects: Traumatology.; Orthopedics.; Thoracic surgery.; Traumatic Surgery.; Surgical Orthopedics.; Thoracic Surgery.

This text fills the educational gap for those trauma, orthopedic, and thoracic surgeons interested in learning the cutting edge evidence-based approaches to treatment of rib fractures. Although there has been ever increasing levels of interest and experience nationally there are many questions which...

Table of Contents:

• History of Rib Fracture Management
• Chest Wall Anatomy
• Pathophysiology of Rib Fractures and Lung Contusion
• Scoring Systems of Blunt Thoracic Trauma and Rib Fractures
• Medical Management of Rib Fractures
• Lung Contusion Management: Invasive and Noninvasive
• Rib Fracture and Lung Contusion: Impact on Pulmonary Function Tests
• Indications for Rib Fixation
• Slipping Rib Syndrome and Other Causes of Chest Wall Pain
• Rib Fracture Management Algorithm for the Traumatically Injured, Non-intubated Patient
• Non-Union
• Operative Techniques
• Review of Currently Available Tools of the Trade
• Postoperative Complications After Rib Fracture Repair
• Billing and Coding
• Future Directions.