Early Fixation versus Conservative therapy of multiple, simple rib fractures (FixCon)

The project involves a randomized controlled trial in adult patients with three or more rib fractures without flail segment or flail chest. Patients were randomized between Surgical Stabilization of Rib Fractures (SSRF) and nonoperative treatment. Patients were followed for 12 months, and data collection included clinical outcomes, patient-reported outcomes, and health-economic outcomes. Until now, the study protocol has been published, and the main outcomes manuscript is under review of a journal. Output that remains to follow are the final results of the study, which includes clinical data, patient-reported data and health-economic data.