Investigation of the Effect of Age and Injury Severity on Short-term Intra-hospital Outcomes After Surgical Stabilized Rib Fractures

University Hospital Muenster

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Rib Fracture Multiple; Thorax; Fracture; Rib Fractures; Rib Trauma

Treatments: Other: Non-operative management of rib fractures; Procedure: Surgical stabilisation of rib fractures (SSRF)

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06464302

UKM_UCH_2024_002

Details and patient eligibility

About

The study aims to investigate the effect of surgical stabilisation of rib fractures (SSRF) on clinical outcomes measured during the hospital stay (mortality, days on a mechanical ventilator, intensive care unit and hospital length of stay, rate of complications). Furthermore, the effect of the patients age and overall injury severity on the outcomes after SSRF will be investigated. We hypothesise that the combination of high age and high injury severity will lead to worse outcomes after SSRF.

Enrollment: 700 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: Under 100 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Patients of the University Hospital Muenster
• Coded serial rib fractures (ICD S22.4 and S22.5)
• Treatment for the rib fractures between 2019 and 2023

Exclusion criteria

• pathological rib fractures (due to suspected malignancy)

Trial design

700 participants in 2 patient groups

Operative

Description:

Patients receiving surgical stabilisation of rib fractures (SSRF) by any operative technique

Treatment:

Procedure: Surgical stabilisation of rib fractures (SSRF)

Other: Non-operative management of rib fractures

Non-operative

Description:

Patients not receiving surgical stabilisation of rib fractures (SSRF)

Treatment:

Other: Non-operative management of rib fractures