Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Isolated rib fractures are common injuries that are treated nonoperatively. However, in the setting of multiple ...

Flail chest is an injury that occurs typically following a blunt trauma to the chest. When three or more ribs in a row have multiple fractures within each rib, it can cause a part of your chest wall ...

The condition in which multiple rib fractures allow a segment of the rib cage to move independently from the main chest wall is called a flail chest. The effect compromises breathing and may be ...

The severity of broken ribs can vary. Although painful, a hairline fracture in one of these bones may heal without treatment. However, blunt trauma or another injury can cause serious rib fractures.

Evidence-based recommendations on insertion of metal rib reinforcements to stabilise a flail chest wall. This involves using metal (usually titanium) to stabilise the ‘flail’ segment of chest wall.