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• TITLE: Rib Osteosynthesis for Sub-Acute Management of a Flail Chest in a Tertiary Centre in a Low-Middle Income Country of Sub-Saharan Africa: Case Report at Douala Laquintinie Hospital

  AUTHORS: Fabrice Stéphane Arroye Betou, Nyankoue Mebouinz Ferdinand, Guy Aristide Bang, Kobe Folkabo Zephany, Banga Nkomo Douglas, Moussa Seck Diop, Abdoul Lahad Mbeng, Marcella Derboise Christelle Biyouma, Noel Essomba, Souleyman Diatta, Handy Eone Daniel, Arthur Essomba, Hassan Ndiaye, Maurice Aurelien Sosso

  KEYWORDS: Flail Chest, Fixation Plate, Rib Fracture, Osteosynthesis

  JOURNAL NAME: Open Journal of Thoracic Surgery, Vol.14 No.1, January 31, 2024

  ABSTRACT: Background: Costal fracture surgical is still a debate, therefore we shall select between early and delay surgical management. Case Report: We are reporting two cases of post road traffic clash delay ribs fractures osteosynthesis involving a 63-year-old man with multistage fractures on the left and pulmonary pinning of one of the costal arches, complicated by a homolateral haemothorax and a 41-year-old man with a bilateral flail chest. Conclusion: The simple postoperative course and the immediate postoperative improvement in the patient’s clinical respiratory condition enabled us to discuss the time frame for management, in this case the indication for early or later surgery.