Clinical Study

Flail Chest in Polytraumatized Patients: Surgical Fixation Using Stracos Reduces Ventilator Time and Hospital Stay

Table 3

Pulmonary function tests in the 10 patients, three months after surgery.

Means ± SD > 75%

FVC90.2 ± 13.29
FEV177.6 ± 12.17
TLC93.1 ± 7.69
PEFR92.2 ± 2.210

Forced vital capacity (FVC), forced expiratory volume in the first second (FEV1), total lung capacity (TLC), and peak expiratory flow rates (PEF).