Fig. 1
From: Management of patients with flail chest by surgical fixation using claw-type titanium plate
Surgical rib fixation. a An incision is made according to the rib fracture site, cutting the skin and subcutaneous tissue; (b) Then, the muscle layer is cut; (c) The fractured rib is exposed; (d) The claw-type titanium plate in appropriate size bound tightly to the fractured rib; (e) Steel clamp is used to adduct the claw feet of the plate so as to tightly hold the rib. (f) The surgery is terminated