The effects of analgesic treatment and chest physiotherapy on the complications of the patients with rib fractures that arise from blunt chest trauma.

CONCLUSION: As a result of this study, chest physiotherapy maneuvers have increased the incidence of late hemothorax in patients with three or more isolated rib fractures. Also, minimal hemothoraces (<300 ml) may spontaneously regress, and no additional surgical treatment are required if the proper follow-up procedures are performed. It is advisable to hospitalize the blunt thoracic trauma patients who have three or more rib fractures and who are planned to undergo chest physiotherapy and or are prone to develop additional complications because of possible risks. PMID: 32589244 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Turkish Journal of Trauma and Emergency Surgery : TJTES - Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Tags: Ulus Travma Acil Cerrahi Derg Source Type: research