Surgical management of rib fractures: experience at a referral center
Manejo quirúrgico de las fracturas costales: experiencia en un centro de referencia
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Introduction: multiple rib fractures are common in chest trauma, and are associated with high morbidity and mortality rates. Surgical treatment of rib fractures has been shown to reduce respiratory complications, length of hospital stay, pain, functional disability, and mortality.
Objective: to evaluate the results of surgical management of patients with multiple rib fractures.
Methodology: a descriptive, prospective study was carried out over the period from January 2011 to May 2016, during which 78 patients were operated. The cohort was divided in two groups, in order to compare two periods of time in the management of these patients, and thus to identify whether there were differences in the outcomes.
Results: there is a learning curve, not only in the surgical group who perform the procedure, but also in the whole medical group in charge of patients with multiple rib fractures.
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