Surgical stabilization of rib fractures is associated with lower adjusted odds of adverse pulmonary outcomes across RibScore-defined injury severity: a single-center cohort study

Patient centered outcomes after surgical stabilization of rib fractures: A prospective cohort study.

Findings suggest SSRF may primarily accelerate functional recovery rather than provide durable pain reduction, and was associated with improved short-term and six-month physical functioning without differences in inpatient outcomes or sustained differences in pain.

Rib fixation still helps: Surgical stabilization of rib fractures in traumatic brain injury, a TQIP Study.

BACKGROUND Surgical stabilization of rib fractures (SSRF) has been associated with lower odds of mortality and reduced pulmonary morbidity in patients with chest trauma, but its role in patients with concomitant traumatic brain injury (TBI) remains controversial. We hypothesized that TBI phenotype modifies the associat...

Rib Plating Versus Nonsurgical Treatment of Flail Chest: Comparison of Adverse Events in More than 12,500 Patients

Introduction: Guidelines for flail chest, defined as three or more segmental rib fractures, remain largely consensus based with variable supporting evidence. Prior work suggests that surgical management may reduce mortality and pulmonary complications, although existing data are often underpowered and include nonflail...

Surgical stabilization of rib fractures in adult trauma patients with flail chest with or without severe traumatic brain injury: A national analysis.

In adult non-TBI trauma patients with isolated flail chest, SSRF is associated with comparable mortality when compared to NOM, and among severe TBI patients with flail chest, SSRF is associated with significantly reduced odds of in-hospital mortality.

Baseline history of primary fragility fracture is associated with medical complications and revision through 1 year in adult spinal deformity patients undergoing thoracolumbar spinal fusion.

Factors associated with surgical site infection after ankle fracture fixation: a retrospective study in northern Sweden

Smoking, initial external fixation, and longer operative time were associated with higher risk of infection, while ASA estimate was imprecise and support perioperative risk mitigation.