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Journal of the American Animal Hospital Association 38:315-320 (2002)
© 2002 American Animal Hospital Association

Retrospective Study

Clinical Management of Flail Chest in Dogs and Cats: A Retrospective Study of 24 Cases (1989–1999)

Dennis Olsen, DVM, MS, Diplomate ACVS, Walter Renberg, DVM, MS, Diplomate ACVS, Jamis Perrett, MS, Joe G. Hauptman, DVM, MS, Diplomate ACVS, Don R. Waldron, DVM, MS, Diplomate ACVS and Eric Monnet, DVM, PhD, Diplomate ACVS

From the Department of Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, 1800 Denison Avenue, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas 66506-5606.

Cases of flail chest injury for 24 client-owned companion animals following various traumas were evaluated. Concurrently sustained injuries, initial emergency treatments, and definitive treatment and outcome for regimens that utilize stabilization of the flail segment were compared with cases treated with no stabilization.

Flail chest was confirmed in 24 animals: 21 dogs and three cats. There was an even division (12 each) of right and left flail segments. The median number of ribs involved was three (range, two to seven). Flail segment stabilization was performed in nine, and 15 were treated with no stabilization. Statistical analysis using multiple data permutations evaluating all combinations failed to reveal a significant difference in outcome between stabilized and unstabilized cases.






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