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Title: Design of an innovative implant for rib fracture stabilisation
Authors: Mallia, Keith
Casha, Aaron
Farrugia, Philip
Keywords: Ribs -- Surgery
Implants, Artificial -- Design and construction -- Evaluation
Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted
Rib fractures
Product design -- Evaluation
Issue Date: 2017
Publisher: iSMIT
Citation: Mallia, K., Casha, A., & Farrugia, P. (2017). Design of an innovative implant for rib fracture stabilisation. In Proceedings of the 29th Conference of the International Society for Medical Innovation and Technology, Turin, Italy.
Abstract: Introduction: Rib fractures are the most common injury that is sustained in the chest area. These occur in the elderly, adults and youths due to blunt chest trauma. Ribs are responsible for healthy respiration, and protect vital organs such as the heart, lungs and arteries. Treating rib fractures comes down to an adequate stabilisation of the fracture site until the bones heal In this paper, an innovative approach to rib fracture stabilization is proposed. The designed implant focuses on an effective and efficient surgery by adopting the approach of Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery (VATS). Moreover, the implant’s design ensures that the surgery is simple, safe and results in less pain to the patients.
URI: https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/105458
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