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Surgical indications
| Presence Pieracci/Dobin indications for surgery | Number of patients (%) |
| Bicortical displaced fracture | 2 (12.5) |
| Bicortical displaced fracture and respiratory decline | 1 (6) |
| Bicortical and monocortical displaced fracture | 3 (19) |
| Flail chest | 3 (19) |
| Failure of pain control | 2 (12.5) |
| Failure of pain control and respiratory decline | 2 (12.5) |
| Respiratory decline despite epidural | 1 (6) |
| Respiratory decline | 2 (12.5) |
