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Traumatic rib fractures: a marker of severe injury. A nationwide study using the National Trauma Data Bank
Jesse Peek, Yassine Ochen, Noelle Saillant, Rolf H H Groenwold, Loek P H Leenen, Tarsicio Uribe-Leitz, R Marijn Houwert, Marilyn Heng
DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2020-000441 Published 10 June 2020
Jesse Peek
1Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Harvard Medical School Orthopedic Trauma Initiative, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
2Department of Surgery, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
Yassine Ochen
1Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Harvard Medical School Orthopedic Trauma Initiative, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
2Department of Surgery, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
Noelle Saillant
1Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Harvard Medical School Orthopedic Trauma Initiative, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Rolf H H Groenwold
3Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Leiden Universitair Medisch Centrum, Leiden, The Netherlands
Loek P H Leenen
2Department of Surgery, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
Tarsicio Uribe-Leitz
4Center for Surgery and Public Health, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
R Marijn Houwert
2Department of Surgery, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
Marilyn Heng
1Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Harvard Medical School Orthopedic Trauma Initiative, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

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Traumatic rib fractures: a marker of severe injury. A nationwide study using the National Trauma Data Bank
Jesse Peek, Yassine Ochen, Noelle Saillant, Rolf H H Groenwold, Loek P H Leenen, Tarsicio Uribe-Leitz, R Marijn Houwert, Marilyn Heng
Trauma Surg Acute Care Open Jun 2020, 5 (1) e000441; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2020-000441

Traumatic rib fractures: a marker of severe injury. A nationwide study using the National Trauma Data Bank
Jesse Peek, Yassine Ochen, Noelle Saillant, Rolf H H Groenwold, Loek P H Leenen, Tarsicio Uribe-Leitz, R Marijn Houwert, Marilyn Heng
Trauma Surg Acute Care Open Jun 2020, 5 (1) e000441; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2020-000441
Traumatic rib fractures: a marker of severe injury. A nationwide study using the National Trauma Data Bank
Jesse Peek, Yassine Ochen, Noelle Saillant, Rolf H H Groenwold, Loek P H Leenen, Tarsicio Uribe-Leitz, R Marijn Houwert, Marilyn Heng
Trauma Surgery & Acute Care Open Jun 2020, 5 (1) e000441; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2020-000441