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Shiroff, AM, Wolf, S, Wu, A, Vanderkarr, M, Anandan, M, Ruppenkamp, JW, Galvain, T and Holy, CE (2022) Outcomes of surgical versus nonsurgical treatment for multiple rib fractures: A US hospital matched cohort database analysis. Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, 94 (4). pp. 538-545. ISSN 2163-0755
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Abstract
BACKGROUND Treatment for multiple rib fractures includes surgical stabilization of rib fractures (SSRF) or nonoperative management (NOM). Meta-analyses have demonstrated that SSRF results in faster recovery and lower long-term complication rates versus NOM. Our study evaluated postoperative outcomes for multiple rib fracture patients following SSRF versus NOM in a real-world, all-comer study design. METHODS Multiple rib fracture patients with inpatient admissions in the PREMIER hospital database from October 1, 2015, to September 30, 2020, were identified. Outcomes included discharge disposition, and 3- and 12-month lung-related readmissions. Demographics, comorbidities, concurrent injuries at index, Abbreviated Injury Scale and Injury Severity Scores, and provider characteristics were determined for all patients. Patients were excluded from the cohort if they had a thorax Abbreviated Injury Scale score of <2 (low severity patient) or a Glasgow Coma Scale score of ≤8 (extreme high severity patient). Stratum matching between SSRF and NOM patients was performed using fine stratification and weighting so that all patient data were kept in the final analysis. Outcomes were analyzed using generalized linear models with quasinormal distribution and logit links. RESULTS A total of 203,450 patients were included, of which 200,580 were treated with NOM and 2,870 with SSRF. Compared to NOM, patients with SSRF had higher rates of home discharge (62% SSRF vs. 58% NOM) and lower rates of lung-related readmissions (3 months, 3.1% SSRF vs. 4.0% NOM; 12 months, 6.2% SSRF vs. 7.6% NOM). The odds ratio (OR) for home or home health discharge in patients with SSRF versus NOM was 1.166 (95% confidence interval [CI], 1.073-1.266; p = 0.0002). Similarly, ORs for lung-related readmission at 3- and 12-month were statistically lower in the patients treated with SSRF versus NOM (OR [3 months], 0.764 [95% CI, 0.606-0.963]; p = 0.0227 and OR [12 months], 0.799 [95% CI, 0.657-0.971]; p = 0.0245). CONCLUSION Surgical stabilization of rib fractures results in greater odds of home discharge and lower rates of lung-related readmissions compared with NOM at 12 months of follow-up. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE Therapeutic/Care Management; Level III.
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Rib fractures; fracture fixation; patient discharge; patient readmission; follow-up studies; Humans; Rib Fractures; Treatment Outcome; Length of Stay; Fracture Fixation, Internal; Injury Severity Score; Retrospective Studies; Hospitals; Humans; Rib Fractures; Treatment Outcome; Fracture Fixation, Internal; Injury Severity Score; Hospitals; Retrospective Studies; Length of Stay; 1102 Cardiorespiratory Medicine and Haematology; 1103 Clinical Sciences; 1110 Nursing; Emergency & Critical Care Medicine |
| Subjects: | R Medicine > R Medicine (General) R Medicine > RD Surgery |
| Divisions: | Computer Science and Mathematics |
| Publisher: | Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins |
| SWORD Depositor: | A Symplectic |
| Date Deposited: | 22 Nov 2024 15:45 |
| Last Modified: | 22 Nov 2024 15:45 |
| DOI or ID number: | 10.1097/TA.0000000000003828 |
| URI: | https://researchonline.ljmu.ac.uk/id/eprint/24846 |
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