Role of surgical fixation of rib fractures in blunt chest trauma patients : A randomized Controlled trials
Phase 4
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: O- Medical and Surgical
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2022/04/042280
- Lead Sponsor
- Research Section AIIMS
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot Yet Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
Inclusion Criteria
3 or more rib fractures with bi-cortical displacement with or without Flailchest
Exclusion Criteria
Age <16yrs
Hemodynamic instability
Delayed presentation or referred cases beyond 48 hours of primary injury.
Patients with AIS score >= 4 other than chest region.
Patient with posterior rib fracture within 2cm of transverse process
ï?· Patients with concomitant severe head injury or high cervical cord injury precluding weaning
from mechanical ventilator.
Patients with underlying primary lung disease and / or cardiac illness
Patients with fractures involving 1st and 2nd ribs or 11th and 12th ribs.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method