Materials and Methods We used the 2016 National Inpatient Sample to identify patients with SRF associated with blunt trauma using ICD-10 coding. Comorbidities and abbreviated injury score (AIS) were also extracted. Patients with non-chest trauma were excluded. The primary outcome was an adverse ...
Materials and Methods: Adult patients who underwent SSRF for multiple rib fractures or flail chest were identified in the National Inpatient Sample (NIS) by ICD-10 code from the fourth quarter of 2015 to 2016. Patients were excluded for traumatic brain injury and missing study variables. ...