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Frailty screening outperforms chronological age alone for patient selection in surgical rib fracture stabilization.
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Zhu et al. (2026) conducted a letter in Rib fractures. Surgical stabilization of rib fractures (SSRF) was evaluated. Routine frailty screening and detailed functional assessments, rather than chronological age alone, are essential for patient selection and evaluating outcomes of surgical stabilization of rib fractures.
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