Does Surgical Fixation of Flail Chest Injuries Improve Pulmonary Function? Results From a Multicenter Randomized Controlled Trial

Presenting Author / Corresponding Author(s)

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  Niloofar Dehghan, MD, MSc

  Chief of trauma; Associate professor
  The CORE Institute; University of Arizona College of Medicine Phoenix
  Phoenix, Arizona, United States

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Co-Author(s)

• CK

  Cina Karodeh, MD

  University of Arizona Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
• CS

  Christine Schemitsch, PhD

  St. Michael's Hospital
• AN

  Aaron Nauth, MD

  St. Michael's Hospital
• ES

  Emil H. Schemitsch, MD, FIOTA

  University of Western Ontario
  University of Western Ontario
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  Hans J. Kreder, MD

  Professor
  University of Toronto
  Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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  Richard Jenkinson, MD

  University of Toronto
  Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
• MM

  Michael D. McKee, MD

  Banner - University Medical Center Phoenix

Group Author(s)

• CG

  Canadian Orthopaedic Trauma Society Group
• FS

  Flail chest RCT Study Investigators