MatrixRIB Implants for Surgical Stabilization of Flail Chest Injuries: A Registry

Inclusion Criteria: * Patients with mono-lateral or bi-lateral flail chest injury and paradoxical motion of the chest wall, whereby a flail chest is defined by three or more consecutive ribs broken in at least two locations. * Male and female patients, ages 21 to 80 years. * Able and willing to obtain informed consent from patient or next of kin. * Able and willing to adhere to 3-months follow-up visit Exclusion Criteria: * Pregnant women * Patients who are enrolled in another investigational treatment trial. * Severe closed head injury (AIS head \> 3) * Severe spinal injury with neurological deficit above thoraco-lumbar junction. * Chronic preexisting heart, pulmonary, hepatic, and/or renal disease. * Patients who are not expected to survive the follow-up period. * Patient with an acutely paralyzed hemidiaphragm. * Considered an inappropriate participant by the study physician.