SURGICAL CHEST WALL STABILIZATION WITH MULTIPLE RIB FRACTURES: DIAGNOSTICS, TECHNOLOGIES AND CONSTRUCTIONS
https://doi.org/10.35266/2949-3447-2025-2-3
Abstract
Closed chest injury traditionally takes a leading position both among all injuries and among the causes of mortality. The article analyses the scientific literature of Russian and foreign authors regarding the treatment of thoracic injury, emphasizing surgical methods for stabilizing the chest wall with multiple rib fractures. We used the electronic information resources eLIBRARY.RU and PubMed, primarily searching the last 10 years.
Since the early 1900s, practitioners have used surgical methods to fix multiple rib fractures, and these methods have grown increasingly popular in recent decades. The possibilities of surgical chest wall stabilization in th treatment of patients with multiple rib fractures have improved with the development of the osteosynthesis industry and the emergence of new technologies. The variety of surgical methods for multiple rib fractures treatment emphasizes both the demand for solving this problem and surgeons’ dissatisfaction with the treatment results of the proposed methods. Further research into the topical issues surrounding surgical rib cage stabilization is needed to elevate the quality of specialized care for patients with thoracic injuries.
About the Authors
S. V. Glinany
Surgut Clinical Traumatological Centre;
Surgut State University, Surgut, Russia
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Postgraduate
E. I. Petrov
Surgut Clinical Traumatological Centre;
Surgut State University, Surgut, Russia
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Postgraduate
V. V. Darvin
Surgut State University;
Surgut Regional Clinical Hospital, Surgut, Russia
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Doctor of Sciences (Medicine), Professor, Head of Surgical Diseases Department
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