Affiliation:
1. Samara Regional Clinical Hospital named after V.D. Seredavin, Samara, Russia
Abstract
One of the complicated problems at the interface of thoracic surgery and traumatology is the treatment of multiple and floating rib fractures. Its urgency is determined by the high rate of complications and level of mortality. Analysis of surgical stabilization techniques in multiple and floating rib fractures is performed. Both the methods of historical significance and widely used at present are described. Data on the efficacy of various stabilization techniques are presented.
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