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Flail Chest
Chest, Flail; Chest, Stove-in; Stove in 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.