Definitions for flail chest
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flail chest(Noun)
A severe injury of the rib cage where fragments of ribs become detached from the rest of the cage.
U.S. National Library of Medicine
Flail Chest
A complication of multiple rib fractures, rib and sternum fractures, or thoracic surgery. A portion of the chest wall becomes isolated from the thoracic cage and exhibits paradoxical respiration.
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