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=Flail Chest= Flail Chest is the deterioration of the thoracic rib cage or a part of it. Flail Chest can be the result of two adjacent rib cage bones breaking in more than one area.

Symptoms
One of the symptoms of flail chest is chest pain and dyspnea.

Patients
Approximately 1 out of 13 patients admitted to the hospital with fractured ribs are found to have flail chest.

Causes of Flail chest
The most common reason for flail chest injuries are vehicle accidents. Vehicle accidents accounts for 76% of flail chest injuries. Another main cause of flail chest injuries results from falling which is mainly elderly related. The elderly are more impacted by the falls as a result of their weak and frail bones, unlike their younger counterpart of who can fall without being impacted as severely. Falls account for 14% of flail chest injuries.

Results
The death rate of patients with flail chest depends on the severity of their conditions ranging from 10-25%.