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All trauma patients admitted to the hospital between July 2008 and June 2020 with an Abbreviated Injury Scale (AIS) code for flail chest injury were included.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>Our study included 720 patients, mean age was 59.5\u2009\u00b1\u200917.3\u00a0years old, and 76.5% of patients were male. Length of ICU stay decreased on average by 9\u00a0h each year. Regional anaesthesia use increased by 15% per year (0% in 2009 to 36% in 2020) (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009&lt;\u20090.001). Surgical stabilisation of rib fractures increased by 16% per year (2.9% in 2009 to 22.3% in 2020) (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.006). The use of invasive ventilation decreased by 14% per year (70% in 2008 to 27% in 2020) (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009&lt;\u20090.001), and invasive ventilation time decreased by 8\u00a0h per year (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.007).<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>Over the past decade, we have seen increasing rates of regional anaesthesia and surgical rib fixation in the management of flail chest. 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