Prospective clinical trial of surgical intervention for painful rib fracture nonunion

American Surgeon

Volumn 80, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 580-586

  Fabricant, Loic ^a   Ham, Bruce ^a   Mullins, Richard ^a   Mayberry, John ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIDOCAINE; MUSCLE RELAXANT AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OPIATE; PARACETAMOL;

ABSORBABLE SUTURE; ADOLESCENT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE PAIN; BONE PLATE; CHEST WALL HERNIA; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE NONUNION; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HERNIA; HUMAN; INTERCOSTAL NERVE; MALE; MCGILL PAIN QUESTIONNAIRE; MENTAL HEALTH; NERVE COMPRESSION; OCCUPATION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PLATE FIXATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RIB FRACTURE; SHORT FORM 36; SOCIAL STATUS; SUTURE; THORAX WALL; WOUND INFECTION; ADULT; BONE SCREW; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; INJURY SCALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PAIN ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; THORAX PAIN; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BONE PLATES; BONE SCREWS; CHEST PAIN; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; FRACTURES, UNUNITED; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RIB FRACTURES; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84904892126     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: 15559823     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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