An interventional study of video-assisted rib planting in Rib Fractures and Rib Fracture Multiple, sponsored by Weigang Zhao. Completed at 1 site in China. Open to participants aged 18 Years to 70 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2022-04-22.
Sponsored by Weigang Zhao · Not applicable, Interventional, and Treatment
The purpose of this study is to compare the advantages and disadvantages of video-assisted rib planting and traditional internal fixation of rib fractures in chest wall stabilization.
The investigators design a new surgical method of video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery for rib fractures, evaluate the advantages and disadvantages of the new surgical techniques with a prospective study.
126 studies on the registry are indexed under Rib Fractures; 28 are open to participants now.
This study's enrollment of 20 is below the median of 60 across 92 interventional studies indexed under Rib Fractures.
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-≥3 unilateral rib displacement fractures
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The anaesthetists’ scale of health before surgery: I is healthy, II has a mild illness that is under control, III a severe one, IV a severe illness that is a constant threat to life. V and VI are used for the critically ill and for organ donors.
ASA physical status
The anaesthetists’ scale of health before surgery: I is healthy, II has a mild illness that is under control, III a severe one, IV a severe illness that is a constant threat to life. V and VI are used for the critically ill and for organ donors.
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Procedure: video-assisted rib planting
Give the patient intercostal nerve block and laryngeal mask anesthesia, after that, put the patient in lateral position. Make a 4-6cm posterolateral incision along the lower edge of the scapula，sever latissimus dorsi and serratus anterior and reach the rib surface. Lift the scapula with the abdominal retractor (or xiphoid retractor), Free adhesion tissue inside the scapula and put in the thoracoscopic lens. Free the tissue of the upper and lower edges of the ribs carefully, reset ribs and insert rib plate, which is fixed by 90° electric drill and locking screw.
Also known as: video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery for rib fractures
The pain score after operation
The investigators evaluate and record the patients' pain score after operation by visual analog scale (VAS)，which is used to evaluate pain scores 6h,12h,and 24h after the operation. 0-10 is used to represent different degrees of pain, 0 is painless and 10 is severe pain. The grading criteria of pain were: 0: no pain; 1-3: mild pain; 4-6: moderate pain; 7-10: severe pain.
Time frame: 6 hours after operation
The pain score after operation
The investigators evaluate and record the patients' pain score after operation by visual analog scale (VAS). 0-10 is used to represent different degrees of pain, 0 is painless and 10 is severe pain. The grading criteria of pain were: 0: no pain; 1-3: mild pain; 4-6: moderate pain; 7-10: severe pain.
Time frame: 12 hours after operation
The pain score after operation
The investigators evaluate and record the patients' pain score after operation by visual analog scale (VAS). 0-10 is used to represent different degrees of pain, 0 is painless and 10 is severe pain. The grading criteria of pain were: 0: no pain; 1-3: mild pain; 4-6: moderate pain; 7-10: severe pain.
Time frame: 24 hours after operation
The postoperative drainage
The investigators record the postoperative drainage of patients.The drainage of chest catheter or negative pressure ball was recorded by the nurse every day after surgery. Less postoperative drainage means faster recovery and shorter discharge times.
Time frame: 7 days at most
The operation time
The investigators record patients' operation time duration.
Time frame: During surgery
The length of incision
The investigators record the length of operative incision.
Time frame: During surgery
The intraoperative bleeding
The investigators record the intraoperative bleeding of patients.
Time frame: During surgery
The treatment costs
The investigators record the treatment costs and calculate per capita treatment costs of patients,which is recorded and counted at the time of discharge. Total treatment costs include hospitalization, treatment, surgery, medications, and other related expenses.
Time frame: from the date of hospitalization to the date of leave hospital,assessed up to 100 months
Days of stay hospital
Days of stay hospital
Time frame: from the date of hospitalization to the date of leave hospital,assessed up to 100 months
Ran from Feb 2021 to primary completion in Apr 2021, 2 months.
Of 41 non-industry interventional studies with no phase under Rib Fractures, half reached primary completion within 23 months of starting (the median), counting those still running; a quarter within 15 and three quarters within 37. This study's 2 months is below that.
Counting every sponsor, half of 41 studies reached it within 23 months; a quarter within 15 and three quarters within 37.
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