NCT06448078

Comparative Evaluation of External Chest Wall Fixator Treatment Effectiveness in Patients With Rib Fractures

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 34 (actual)
• Sponsor: Ege University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This study aimed to investigate the effect of external chest wall fixator on patients' pain level, complication development and hospital stay in patients with rib fractures.Patients who were admitted due to trauma and had serial rib fractures were evaluated. Standard treatment was applied to the control group. External chest wall fixator was applied to the case group in standard treatment. Pain levels of the patients, development of complications and duration of hospitalization were recorded.

Detailed description

Basis of treatment for rib fractures is pain control and physiotherapy. External chest wall fixators may provide a new approach as part of multimodal treatment. This study aimed to investigate the effect of external chest wall fixator on patients' pain level, complication development and hospital stay in patients with rib fractures. Patients who were admitted due to trauma and had serial rib fractures were evaluated. There were 14 patients in case group and 20 in control group. Standard treatment was applied to the control group. External chest wall fixator was applied to the case group in addition to standard treatment. Pain levels of the patients, development of complications and duration of hospitalization were recorded. Pain levels of the patients were evaluated using the Visual Analogue Scale and the pain level was scored between 0 and 10.

Conditions

• Rib Fractures
• Trauma

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	External chest wall fixator	External chest wall fixator is applied in the form of external bonding to the rib fracture area

Timeline

• Start date: 2020-10-21
• Primary completion: 2021-10-21
• Completion: 2022-02-17
• First posted: 2024-06-07
• Last updated: 2024-11-08
• Results posted: 2024-11-08

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Turkey (Türkiye)