Flail Chest
A complication of multiple RIB FRACTURES; RIB and STERNUM fractures, or thoracic surgery. A portion of the THORACIC WALL becomes isolated from the RIB CAGE and exhibits paradoxical respiration.
Year introduced: 1991(1980)
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Tree Number(s): C26.891.315
MeSH Unique ID: D005409
Entry Terms:
- Chest, Flail
- Stove-in Chest
- Chest, Stove-in
- Stove in Chest
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