Rib fractures and nerve block. A 84 case study

<p>The aim of the study is to determine the importance of nerve block in rib fracture patients.</p><p><strong>Methods</strong>: During the period January 2017- December 2018 a retrospective study took place. Eighty four patients diagnosed already with rib fractures unde...

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Auteurs principaux: Efstathios K Metaxas (Auteur), Ioannis Stamatatos (Auteur), Sophia Ispanopoulou (Auteur), Konstantia Bouchra (Auteur), Stamatia Georgoudi (Auteur), Areti Falara (Auteur), Vasiliki Katsou (Auteur), Christina Balakera (Auteur), Georgios Meimaris (Auteur)
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Publié: Open Journal of Trauma - Peertechz Publications, 2019-07-20.
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Résumé:<p>The aim of the study is to determine the importance of nerve block in rib fracture patients.</p><p><strong>Methods</strong>: During the period January 2017- December 2018 a retrospective study took place. Eighty four patients diagnosed already with rib fractures underwent nerve bock by thoracic surgery department at General Hospital of Nicaea-Piraeus, Greece.</p><p><strong>Results</strong>: All 84 patients received nerve block and 54 of them received nerve block and Diclofenac injection. After a week of post nerve block along with regularly analgesic-NSAID medication the recorded pain has been reduced to minimum.</p>
DOI:10.17352/ojt.000020