Outcome Analysis of Surgical Stabilization of Rib Fractures in Trauma Patients.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To compare outcomes in patients with rib fractures (RFX) who underwent surgical stabilization of rib fractures (SSRF) to those treated nonoperatively.

Design

Retrospective cohort study.

Setting

Two Level 1 Trauma Centers.

Patients

One hundred seventy-four patients with multiple RFX divided into 2 groups: patients with surgically stabilized RFX (n = 87) were compared with nonoperatively managed patients in the matched control group (MCG) (n = 87).

Intervention

SSRF.

Outcome measurements

Age, sex, injury severity score, RFX, mortality, hospital length of stay (HLOS) and intensive care unit length of stay (ICULOS), duration of mechanical ventilation (DMV), co-injuries, and time to surgery. Patients were further stratified by presence or ab

SUBMITTER: Fokin AA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7002076 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature