J Korean Burn Soc.
2014 Jun;17(1):34-37.
Management of Major Burn Patients with Multiple Rib Fractures: 2 Case Report
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- 1Department of Burn Surgery, Bestian Woosong Hospital, Daejeon, Korea. b1what@ibestian.com
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- About 5% of burn patients come with other injuries. When patients with multiple rib fractures are put under general anesthesia, there is a higher rate of a variety of complications, such as hemothorax, pneumothorax, lung contusion, and etc. Also, symptoms of the complications are likely to get worse. Therefore, it is important to decide when it is appropriate to perform surgery. Our hospital delayed operation time on two burn patients who had multiple rib fractures and then performed surgery under general anesthesia, treating patients without any particular complications.
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