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COA 2024: Operatively or Non-Operatively Treated Chest Wall Injuries - A Secondary Analysis

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June 2024

COA 2024: Operatively or Non-Operatively Treated Chest Wall Injuries - A Secondary Analysis

Vol: 306| Issue: 6| Number:31| ISSN#: 2564-2537
Study Type:Randomized Trial
OE Level Evidence:N/A
Journal Level of Evidence:N/A

Operative Treatment of Acute Unstable Chest Wall Injuries Does Not Reduce Pain or In-Hospital Opioid Requirements

Contributing Authors:
N Dehghan C Schemitsch A Nauth EH Schemitch JT Hidy M Vicente MD McKee J McGraw-Heinrich Unstable Chest Wall RCT Study Investigators Canadian Orthopaedic Trauma Society

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This is a secondary analysis of a previous multicenter, randomized clinical trial in which 207 patients with acute unstable chest wall injuries were randomized to receive either operative treatment (n=108) or non-operative treatment (n=99). The data for 200 patients was available in order to evaluate pain and post-injury opioid requirements, assessed through the daily morphine milligram equivalent...

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