Abstract Aim Assess if the General Intensive Care Unit (ICU) are appropriately following trust guidelines on rib fracture management. Method Data gathered from patients admitted to between March and May 2021 with any diagnosis code involving (n = 19). Exclusions: not general ICU, or who died before being extubated. Of remaining 14) data on: Results All were prescribed regular simple analgesia. ...

Introduction Lung herniation is a rare condition defined as a protrusion of the pleural-covered lung parenchyma through an abnormal defect or weakness in the thoracic wall. Postoperative lung herniation is reported to result from a preceding operation with inadequate closure of the chest wall. Presentation of case A 77-year-old woman was admitted to our hospital for treatment of hemoptysis an...

This retrospective cohort study was conducted to evaluate the clinical outcomes of radical anterolateral debridement and autogenous ilium with rib or titanium cage interbody autografting with transpedicle fixation for the treatment of thoracolumbar tuberculosis. Spinal tuberculosis operation aims to remove the lesions and necrotic tissues, remove spinal cord compression, and reconstruct spinal ...

Rib fractures are among the most common injuries found in a patient presenting from blunt trauma. They associated with significant morbidity and mortality, largely due to pulmonary complications. Open reduction internal fixation (ORIF) has been mainstay treatment for patients multiple rib fractures. In this report, we present case of that sustained thoracic trauma anterolateral fractures, inclu...

INTRODUCTION Rib fractures are a common injury presenting to major trauma centres and community hospitals. Aside from the acute impact of rib fracture injury, longer-term morbidity of pain, disability and deformity have been described. Despite this, the mainstay of management for the vast majority of rib fracture injuries remains supportive only with analgesia and where required respiratory sup...