Novel repair of costal margin rupture with preoperative 3D planning

Casey T. Walk, Gregory R. Semon

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Abstract

WHAT WOULD YOU DO? This is a 32-year-old man involved in a motor vehicle crash in 2019 with chronic left-sided rib pain since. He was initially treated with physical therapy and medical management with no improvement. CT imaging in 2021 noted displaced left lateral seventh and eighth ribs, noted chest wall deformity, and when three-dimensional (3D) reconstruction of his ribs was created, this noted a left- sided costal margin rupture at the sixth and seventh ribs.

Original languageEnglish
Article number001001
JournalTrauma Surgery and Acute Care Open
Volume7
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Sep 29 2022

ASJC Scopus Subject Areas

  • Surgery
  • Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine

Keywords

  • rib fractures
  • Thoracic Surgical Procedures
  • Costal margin rupture
  • Preoperative Care
  • Rib Cage/diagnostic imaging
  • Rib Cage/surgery
  • Surgery

Disciplines

  • Medical Specialties
  • Medicine and Health Sciences
  • Surgery

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