What are the treatments for chest rib fractures?

Chest rib fracture treatment methods, including conservative treatment and surgical treatment. Conservative treatment is mainly suitable for, closed single rib fracture, even multiple rib fractures, can be fixed with multiple chest straps or elastic chest straps, reduce rib fracture end activities, reduce pain, and to give effective analgesia and respiratory tract management, the application of anti-inflammatory analgesics, as well as opioid analgesics, can reduce pain. Chest fixation should be performed when coughing, and deep breathing and expectoration should be encouraged to prevent pneumonia. For patients with multiple rib fractures or open rib fractures, surgery should be performed to reduce rib fracture fixation, which can effectively reduce chest pain and improve respiratory function.