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COMPLETEDNANCT04081233

Surgical Stabilization for Rib Fractures

The purpose of this study is to compare the usual care alone to usual care plus early surgical stabilization in adult trauma patients who have been admitted with rib fractures, to evaluate for heterog...

Lead sponsor: The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston•1 U.S. locations•View source on ClinicalTrials.gov

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Lead Sponsor

The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston

Collaborators

National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS)

Age

16 - No limit years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

No

Inclusion Criteria

•Blunt trauma mechanism
•Severe chest wall injury (defined by one of the 3 below):
•Radiographic flail segment (defined as greater than 2 fractures in greater than 3 consecutive ribs) or greater than 5 consecutive rib fractures or greater than 1 rib fractures with bicortical displacement
•At least one true rib (1-7) fractured and accessible for stabilization

Exclusion Criteria

•Severe traumatic brain injury (best resuscitated GCS less than 8 as measured at 24 hours)
•Spinal cord injury
•Pre-existing congestive heart failure or oxygen-dependent pulmonary disease
•Any reason for which SSRF could not occur within 72 hours of admission

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Data from ClinicalTrials.govLast updated on ClinicalTrials.gov: April 2, 2024Terms

Trial snapshot

StatusCOMPLETED

PhaseNA

Enrollment84

Start dateFeb 2020

Last updatedApr 2, 2024

Condition

Trauma Chest Rib Fracture Multiple

Locations shown

The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

Houston, Texas

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Data Source & Attribution

This clinical trial information is sourced from ClinicalTrials.gov, a service of the U.S. National Institutes of Health.

ClinicalTrials.gov last update: April 2, 2024Data synced to Clareo: May 25, 2026

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