Clinical Trial: Rib Fracture Cryoanalgesia
Study Status: Completed
Recruit Status: RECRUITING
Condition: Pain Management Improvement
Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
Official Title: Rib Fracture Cryoanalgesia
Brief Summary:
Rib fractures lead to poor patient outcomes and even death 3. Data suggests effective pain management is crucial to obtain favorable outcomes 4, 5Current outpatient treatment modalities are limited to oral or topical medications with low efficacy and high risk for opioid dependence.In-patient management with a thoracic epidural TEA is largely considered the gold standard, but the risks of TEA may outweigh the benefits 6 to 8.
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