Impact of obesity on outcomes after surgical stabilization of multiple rib fractures: Evidence from the US nationwide inpatient sample

• Yang-Fan Liu,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Thoracic Surgery, Hsinchu MacKay Memorial Hospital, Hsinchu, Taiwan, Department of Life Science & Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biology, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan, International Intercollegiate Ph.D. Programme, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan

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• Te-Li Chen,

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Emergency, Hsinchu MacKay Memorial Hospital, Hsinchu, Taiwan

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• Ching-Hsueh Tseng,

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Emergency, Hsinchu MacKay Memorial Hospital, Hsinchu, Taiwan

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• Jen-Yu Wang,

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Emergency, Hsinchu MacKay Memorial Hospital, Hsinchu, Taiwan

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• Wen-Ching Wang

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: wcwang@gapp.nthu.edu.tw

  Affiliation Department of Life Science & Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biology, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan

  https://orcid.org/0009-0005-7006-3992

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