The Surgical Timing and Complications of Rib Fixation for Rib Fractures in Geriatric Patients.

Szu-An Chen, Chien-An Liao, Ling-Wei Kuo, Chih-Po Hsu, Chun-Hsiang Ouyang, Chi-Tung Cheng

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Article in Journal of personalized medicine, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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Szu-An ChenDepartment of Trauma and Emergency Surgery, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan 333, Taiwan.

Chien-An LiaoDepartment of Trauma and Emergency Surgery, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan 333, Taiwan.ORCID 0000-0003-0858-7208

Ling-Wei KuoDepartment of Trauma and Emergency Surgery, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan 333, Taiwan.

Chih-Po HsuDepartment of Trauma and Emergency Surgery, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan 333, Taiwan.ORCID 0000-0002-4737-2800

Chun-Hsiang OuyangDepartment of Trauma and Emergency Surgery, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan 333, Taiwan.

Chi-Tung ChengDepartment of Trauma and Emergency Surgery, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan 333, Taiwan.ORCID 0000-0002-2697-4642

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Abstract

Rib fractures (RF) are a common injury that cause significant morbidity and mortality, especially in geriatric patients. RF fixation could shorten hospital stay and improve survival. The aim of this retrospective study was to evaluate the clinical impact and proper surgical timing of RF fixation in geriatric patients. We reviewed all the medical data of patients older than 16 years old with RF from the trauma registry database between January 2017 and December 2019 in Chang Gung Memorial Hospital. A total of 1078 patients with RF were enrolled, and 87 patients received RF fixation. The geriatric patients had a higher chest abbreviated injury scale than the non-geriatric group (

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chest traumageriatricrib fixationrib fracture

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PMID36294705

DOI10.3390/jpm12101567

PMCPMC9604660

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