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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. ...