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. 2021 Jul 12;9(7):e3680. doi: 10.1097/GOX.0000000000003680

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Fig. 2. — A, CT scan image of a 37-year-old patient before surgery. B, CT scan image of the same patient 2 months after surgery. White arrows point at the sites of rib fractures. Note full consolidation in all but one rib (left XI). Clinical effect is stable: decrease of the waist circumference from 71 cm (above) to 60 cm (below). Note the inward ribs’ displacement (red dots), which are symmetrical regardless of incomplete callus formation of the left XI rib fracture.