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Brief summary: Background: Rib fractures are one of the most common causes of trauma disabilities and have become an important health issue. Patients usually suffer from severe pain. A rapid and adequate pain control is considered as a priority to improve respiratory mechanics and reduce the risk of pulmonary and systemic complications. So far, there was no gold standard regarding pain control for rib fractures. Objective: To assess the effect of the newly-designed Prosthorax Thoraxbelt in addition to oral analgesics on pain control of rib fractures Method: There will be two groups of patients in this study. One group will be the patients with rib fractures who are necessary for in-hospital intense pain control. The other will consist of follow-up patients with rib fractures at an outpatient clinic. The investigators will aim to recruit 30 and 82 patients respectively.


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The study has been approved by the hospital research ethics committee. Arm1: The management and assessment of pain control in rib fracture with non-invasive stabilization: a randomized controlled trial (inpatients) Arm2: The management and assessment of pain control in rib fracture with non-invasive stabilization: a randomized controlled trial (outpatients) Primary outcome: 1. inpatient: Visual analog scale (VAS) for 6 hours, 12 hours and 24 hours after the surgery 2. outpatient: Visual analog scale (VAS) for the times at emergency room; 3 days, 3 weeks and 3 months after rib fracture at an outpatient clinic. Secondary outcome: - inpatients 1. The accumulated dose of the inter-venous patient-controlled analgesic drug within 6 hours, 24 hours and 48 hours after the surgery 2. Complication during the hospital stay 3. Hospital stay 4. VAS before discharge 5. Unanticipated events (ICU admission, a second surgery, death) 6. VAS during the 1-week, 1-month and 3-month outpatient clinic visit after the surgery 7. An X-ray examination at an outpatient clinic 8. Compliance on ThoraxBelt after discharge - outpatients 1. Complication during the follow-up period 2. Unanticipated events (ward admission, ICU admission, a surgery, OHCA) 3. Compliance on ThoraxBelt after discharge 4. An X-ray examination at an outpatient clinic ;


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NCT number NCT05080686
Study type Interventional
Source National Taiwan University Hospital Hsin-Chu Branch
Contact Cheng-Yi Fan, M.D.
Phone +886911438312
Email chengyi.md@gmail.com
Status Recruiting
Phase N/A
Start date January 1, 2022
Completion date December 31, 2022

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