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Table 4 Postoperative pulmonary function assessment

From: Management of patients with flail chest by surgical fixation using claw-type titanium plate

Category

Postoperative FEV1

Conservative Treatment (N = 29)

1.43 ± 0.06

Surgical Fixation (N = 23)

1.58 ± 0.08

T or x2 value

7.73

P-value

<0.001