The Chinese consensus for surgical treatment of traumatic rib fractures 2021 (C-STTRF 2021).

ABSTRACT: Rib fracture is the most common injury in chest trauma. Most of patients with rib fractures were treated conservatively, but up to 50% of patients, especially those with combined injury such as flail chest, presented chronic pain or chest wall deformities, and more than 30% had long-term disabilities, unable to retain a full-time job. In the past two decades, surgery for rib fractures has achieving good outcomes. However, in clinic, there are still some problems including inconsistency in surgical indications and quality control in medical services. Before the year of 2018, there were 3 guidelines on the management of regional traumatic rib fractures were published at home and abroad, focusing on the guidance of the overall treatment decisions and plans; another clinical guideline about th

SUBMITTER: Kong LW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8606596 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature