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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Main Authors: Efstathios K Metaxas (Author), Ioannis Stamatatos (Author), Sophia Ispanopoulou (Author), Konstantia Bouchra (Author), Stamatia Georgoudi (Author), Areti Falara (Author), Vasiliki Katsou (Author), Christina Balakera (Author), Georgios Meimaris (Author)
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Published: Open Journal of Trauma - Peertechz Publications, 2019-07-20.
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520 |a <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> 
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