Multiple rib fracture, Flail chest (rib volet) and pneumothorax: when a rib fracture is multiple, i.e. affecting several ribs, it can lead to the development of a potentially fatal medical condition, identified by the term ‘rib volet’

Flail chest (Costal volet) consists of a partial or complete disconnection of a group of ribs from the remaining rib cage

This can result in a situation of paradoxical movement, in which the detached set of ribs makes movements opposite to those of the remaining rib cage.

Costal volet can be fatal when it results in a pneumothorax associated with severe respiratory failure.

In fact, under such conditions, the lungs stiffen and respiratory acts gradually become more and more difficult.

According to an Anglo-Saxon statistical study, for every 13 individuals presenting to hospital for a rib fracture, there is one with a rib volet.

Some synonyms for rib volet are: mobile rib flap, mobile chest flap and flail chest.

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