Flail chest is a severe chest trauma . The diagnosis and treatment have emerged. From November 2008 to November 2010 in Viet Duc hospital, 30 patients with flaile chest underwent to fix on external stabilisation. Median age was 42,3 years. Male: 76,6 percent, female: 23,3 percent. Result: There was no mortality, good result: 90 percent
Atelectasis and pleural deposits: 10 percent that patients had to surgical pleural peel residues drive by thoraxic endoscopic surgery.