Operative Treatment of Chest Wall Injuries: Indications, Technique, and Outcomes

by Paul M. Lafferty, Jack Anavian, Ryan E. Will, and Peter A. Cole

J Bone Joint Surg AmVolume 93(1):97-110

January 5, 2011

©2011 by The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Inc.

A young female patient with a deformity of the posterior aspect of the thorax secondary to multiple malunited rib fractures.

Paul M. Lafferty et al. J Bone Joint Surg Am 2011;93:97-110

©2011 by The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Inc.

Paul M. Lafferty et al. J Bone Joint Surg Am 2011;93:97-110

©2011 by The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Inc.

Paul M. Lafferty et al. J Bone Joint Surg Am 2011;93:97-110

©2011 by The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Inc.

Oblique radiographs made after the patient underwent ORIF of four ribs with locking 2.4-mm reconstruction plates as well as ORIF of the scapular and clavicular fractures.

Paul M. Lafferty et al. J Bone Joint Surg Am 2011;93:97-110

©2011 by The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Inc.

Anteroposterior chest radiograph showing severely displaced fractures (arrows) of consecutive ribs (1 through 12) resulting in a substantial right-sided chest wall deformity as well as a

comminuted displaced intra-articular fracture of the right scapula in ...

Paul M. Lafferty et al. J Bone Joint Surg Am 2011;93:97-110

©2011 by The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Inc.

Paul M. Lafferty et al. J Bone Joint Surg Am 2011;93:97-110

©2011 by The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Inc.

Paul M. Lafferty et al. J Bone Joint Surg Am 2011;93:97-110

©2011 by The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Inc.

Postoperative anteroposterior radiograph made after intramedullary fixation of the ribs with three implants in a fifty-four-year-old patient with fractures of consecutive ribs that had resulted in a

substantial right-sided chest wall deformity.

Paul M. Lafferty et al. J Bone Joint Surg Am 2011;93:97-110

©2011 by The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Inc.