Chest Wall Injury Society guidelines for surgical stabilization of rib fractures: Indications, contraindications, and timing

Authors

Zachary M. Bauman, From the Division of Trauma, Emergency General Surgery and Critical Care Surgery, Department of Surgery (Z.M.B., Y.T.), University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska; Division of Acute Care Surgery (A.R.D.), St. Francis Hospital and Medical Center, University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Springfield, Massachusetts; Department of Surgery (S.D.S.), Irvine School of Medicine, University of California, Orange, California; Denver Health Medical Center (F.M.P.), Denver, Colorado; Division of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery (A.J.K.), St. Mary's Medical Center, Langhorne, Pennsylvania; University Hospitals (C.W.T.), Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio; Gold Coast University Hospital (B.P.), Queensland, Australia; Department of Surgery (S.K., B.S.), The George Washington University SMHS, Washington, DC; Chest Wall Injury Society (S.A.W.), Salt Lake City, Utah; and Division of Trauma and Critical Care Surgery, Department of Surgery (T.W.W.), Intermountain Medical Center, Salt Lake City, Utah.
Yuqian Tian
Andrew R. Doben
Sebastian D. Schubl
Fredric M. Pieracci
Adam J. Kaye
Christopher W. Towe
Bhavik Patel
Susan Kartiko
Sarah Ann Whitbeck
Babak Sarani
Thomas W. White

Document Type

Journal Article

Publication Date

8-13-2025

Journal

The journal of trauma and acute care surgery

DOI

10.1097/TA.0000000000004750

APA Citation

Bauman, Zachary M.; Tian, Yuqian; Doben, Andrew R.; Schubl, Sebastian D.; Pieracci, Fredric M.; Kaye, Adam J.; Towe, Christopher W.; Patel, Bhavik; Kartiko, Susan; Whitbeck, Sarah Ann; Sarani, Babak; and White, Thomas W., "Chest Wall Injury Society guidelines for surgical stabilization of rib fractures: Indications, contraindications, and timing" (2025). GW Authored Works. Paper 7769.
https://hsrc.himmelfarb.gwu.edu/gwhpubs/7769

Department

Surgery