Flail Chest Associated with a Simple Fall and Successful External Tamponade Application in a Pediatric Case
Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=52584#.VJuJrcCAM4 Author(s) Ismail Altintop 1* , Nurcan Gunarli 1 , Mithat Fazlioglu 2 Affiliation(s) 1 Department of Emergency Medicine, Kayseri Training and Research Hospital, Kayseri, Turkey . 2 Department of Thoracic Surgery, Kayseri Training and Research Hospital, Kayseri, Turkey . ABSTRACT A flail chest is characterized by four or more rib fractures unilaterally or at more than two sites. The current article reports a 10-year-old case of a flail chest due to a simple fall from a chair while at breakfast. This pediatric case is presented because of its rare occurrence with a successful external tamp...