Study Status: RECRUITING
Recruit Status: RECRUITING
Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
Official Title: Comparison of Rib Fixation With Medical Analgesia in Patients With Uncomplicated Rib Fractures on Pain Control: a Multi-center Randomized Clinical Trial
Brief Summary:
Uncomplicated costal fractures often result in persistent pain over the long term.
Indeed, cohort studies showed that at 6 months, 22% of patients still had pain and 56% had functional disability.
The impact of costal fractures on quality of life is underestimated.
The socio-psycho-economic consequences are substantial.
Previous studies have shown that an important factor for persistent pain and functional disability is the intensity of the initial pain.
However, preliminary studies have shown promising results with surgical fixation of rib fractures: reduced need for analgesic drugs, reduced pain at 1 month, reduced complications and improved motor skills in patients over 65 years of age.
To date, the only clinical trials that exist focused on the fixation of complicated rib dislocations.
While fixation of uncomplicated rib fractures is a common practice, no randomized studies have been conducted to evaluate its impact on pain and quality of life in the medium and long term.
In this context, the aim of our randomized study is to compare pain at 2 months between operated and non-operated patients with uncomplicated rib fractures.