A Case Report of a Surgical Stabilization of Anterior Chest Trauma in Ninety Years Old Patient

Arianna Farronato*, Eduart Vokrri, Sara Borgianni, Luca Voltolini and Alessandro Gonfiotti

Thoracic Surgery Unit, Careggi University Hospital, Florence, Italy

^*Correspondance to: Arianna Farronato, 

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Abstract:

A 90-year-old patient is taken to the emergency room due to a car injury. The patient’s respiratory
functionality and hemodynamic worsened, so early surgical splenectomy was performed and a tube
thoracostomy was positioned both in the right and left chest. A Computed Tomography (CT) scan
did one day after the trauma, showing multiple fractures of ribs, sternal and left clavicle. Two days
after the trauma Stabilization of Thoracic Fractures (SSRF) was performed. In this case we used
a STRATOS system and Permacol® prosthesis, with a positive outcome. Also in the older patient
surgical stabilization of Flail Chest (FC) is an achievable procedure, indeed as in young people
reduces morbidity, duration of mechanical ventilation, Intensive Care Unit Length of Stay (ICULOS)
and the last, but not least the mortality.

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Cite the Article:

Farronato A, Vokrri E, Borgianni S, Voltolini L, Gonfiotti A. A Case Report of a Surgical Stabilization of Anterior Chest Trauma in Ninety Years Old Patient. World J Surg Surgical Res. 2021; 4: 1285..