Rib Fixation for a Patient with Severely Displaced and Overlapped Costal Cartilage Fractures
Rib fixations for flail chest or displaced rib fractures are not a new technique. However, reports on rib fixations involving costal cartilage fractures are very few and surprisingly there are no reports of internal fixations involving only the costal cartilage in the English literature. The diagnos...
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| author | Sung Ho Han Soon-Ho Chon Jong Hyun Lee Min Koo Lee Oh Sang Kwon Kyoung Hwan Kim Jung Suk Kim Ho hyoung Lee |
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| description | Rib fixations for flail chest or displaced rib fractures are not a new technique. However, reports on rib fixations involving costal cartilage fractures are very few and surprisingly there are no reports of internal fixations involving only the costal cartilage in the English literature. The diagnosis is difficult and the necessity of the procedure may be quite controversial. Placing plates in screws into the costal cartilage alone may seem unstable and easily dislodged or stripped through the cartilage. We report a 31-year-old male scuba diver instructor who underwent rib fixations over his 7th and 8th costal cartilage ribs for severe pain. The procedure was done with conventional plates and screws. He had the plates and screws removed 2 months later due to lingering pain, but with them removed he is now quite happy with the results without pain. The procedure for fixation of painful overlapped costal cartilage is quite simple and can be done with the usual conventional methods, fixating plate and screws directly over the cartilage alone without fixation over the bony rib. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-5c5f8651042046cf9b96bb4b4449a5412025-01-06T01:07:41ZengKorean Society of TraumatologyJournal of Trauma and Injury1738-87672287-16832018-04-01311121510.20408/jti.2018.31.1.12941Rib Fixation for a Patient with Severely Displaced and Overlapped Costal Cartilage FracturesSung Ho Han0Soon-Ho Chon1Jong Hyun Lee2Min Koo Lee3Oh Sang Kwon4Kyoung Hwan Kim5Jung Suk Kim6Ho hyoung Lee7 Department of Traumatology, Cheju Halla General Hospital, Jeju, Korea Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Cheju Halla General Hospital, Jeju, Korea Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Cheju Halla General Hospital, Jeju, Korea Department of Traumatology, Cheju Halla General Hospital, Jeju, Korea Department of Traumatology, Cheju Halla General Hospital, Jeju, Korea Department of Traumatology, Cheju Halla General Hospital, Jeju, Korea Department of Traumatology, Cheju Halla General Hospital, Jeju, Korea Department of Traumatology, Cheju Halla General Hospital, Jeju, KoreaRib fixations for flail chest or displaced rib fractures are not a new technique. However, reports on rib fixations involving costal cartilage fractures are very few and surprisingly there are no reports of internal fixations involving only the costal cartilage in the English literature. The diagnosis is difficult and the necessity of the procedure may be quite controversial. Placing plates in screws into the costal cartilage alone may seem unstable and easily dislodged or stripped through the cartilage. We report a 31-year-old male scuba diver instructor who underwent rib fixations over his 7th and 8th costal cartilage ribs for severe pain. The procedure was done with conventional plates and screws. He had the plates and screws removed 2 months later due to lingering pain, but with them removed he is now quite happy with the results without pain. The procedure for fixation of painful overlapped costal cartilage is quite simple and can be done with the usual conventional methods, fixating plate and screws directly over the cartilage alone without fixation over the bony rib.http://www.jtraumainj.org/upload/pdf/jti-31-012.pdfcostal cartilagefracture dislocationrib fixation |
| spellingShingle | Sung Ho Han Soon-Ho Chon Jong Hyun Lee Min Koo Lee Oh Sang Kwon Kyoung Hwan Kim Jung Suk Kim Ho hyoung Lee Rib Fixation for a Patient with Severely Displaced and Overlapped Costal Cartilage Fractures Journal of Trauma and Injury costal cartilage fracture dislocation rib fixation |
| title | Rib Fixation for a Patient with Severely Displaced and Overlapped Costal Cartilage Fractures |
| title_full | Rib Fixation for a Patient with Severely Displaced and Overlapped Costal Cartilage Fractures |
| title_fullStr | Rib Fixation for a Patient with Severely Displaced and Overlapped Costal Cartilage Fractures |
| title_full_unstemmed | Rib Fixation for a Patient with Severely Displaced and Overlapped Costal Cartilage Fractures |
| title_short | Rib Fixation for a Patient with Severely Displaced and Overlapped Costal Cartilage Fractures |
| title_sort | rib fixation for a patient with severely displaced and overlapped costal cartilage fractures |
| topic | costal cartilage fracture dislocation rib fixation |
| url | http://www.jtraumainj.org/upload/pdf/jti-31-012.pdf |
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