Treatment of traumatic rib fractures: an overview of current evidence and future perspectives.

ABSTRACT: Operative management of rib fractures has gained significant popularity over the last years, however, it remains a controversial topic, due to the substantial heterogeneity among rib fracture patients with considerable differences in epidemiology. Hence, the present narrative review aims to provide an overview of the treatment and (long-term) outcomes of rib fractures, with an emphasis on the surgical treatment. Nowadays, computed tomography (CT) has been shown to be most practical and sensitive for detecting rib fractures, of which up to 50% is missed on other imaging modalities. Non-operative treatment by patient-tailored multimodal pain management remains the cornerstone. Still, in the presence of-amidst others-chest wall instability or displaced fractures with physiologic derangements,

SUBMITTER: Franssen AJPM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11388240 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature