Treatment for Anterior Flail Chest With a Vacuum Bell.

Autor:	Clermidy H; Department of Thoracic and Endocrine Surgery, University Hospital of Grenoble, Grenoble, France. Electronic address: hugoclermidy@wanadoo.fr., Nerot A; Department of Radiology, University Hospital of Grenoble, Grenoble, France., Chappuy B; Department of Thoracic and Endocrine Surgery, University Hospital of Grenoble, Grenoble, France., Herault MC; Critical Care Unit, University Hospital of Grenoble, Grenoble, France., Frey G; Department of Thoracic and Endocrine Surgery, University Hospital of Grenoble, Grenoble, France., Brichon PY; Department of Thoracic and Endocrine Surgery, University Hospital of Grenoble, Grenoble, France.
Jazyk:	angličtina
Zdroj:	The Annals of thoracic surgery [Ann Thorac Surg] 2020 Jul; Vol. 110 (1), pp. e55-e57. Date of Electronic Publication: 2019 Dec 17.
DOI:	10.1016/j.athoracsur.2019.10.065
Abstrakt:	We describe a patient with polytrauma that included anterior chest flail caused by a fall while climbing. As the situation was similar to a pectus excavatum, we attempted to stabilize the depressed chest wall by using a vacuum bell. Deep breath, peak flow, and pectus index were increased when the patient used the vacuum bell. Conservative treatment with a vacuum bell during the day and continuous positive airway pressure during the night was undertaken for 6 weeks. This report documents stabilization of an anterior flail chest using a vacuum bell. (Copyright © 2020 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.)
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