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Indications for Operative Rib Fixation
Babak Sarani, MD, FACS, FCCM Associate Professor of Surgery
Director, Center for Trauma and Critical Care George Washington University
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Disclosures
• Honoraria for teaching from Acute Innovations
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Respiratory failure Pain and loss of tidal volume Paradoxical movement of chest wall and loss of bellows Increased intrapulmonary shunt and V/Q mismatch Worsened by aggressive fluid resuscitation
PNEUMONIA
How Can a Rib Fracture Kill You?
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Babak’s Belief System
• A patient with severe rib fractures as the main injury who requires a tracheostomy without having undergone ORIF of the fractures did not receive appropriate care
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5
13
29
05
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1-2 ribfractures
3-4 ribfractures
7 or more ribfractures
Ziegler AW J Trauma. 37:975- 979, 1994.
Rib Fracture Number
N=711, 1987-1992
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Rib Fracture Pattern: Flail Chest Synergistic effect- increase age with morbidity and mortality
05
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Mortality P neumonia
under 65 ys
over 65 yrs
Bulger EM. J Trauma 48:1040- 1047, 2000.
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Rib Fracture – Age and Number
Jones et al. Am J Surg. 2011; 202:598-604
http://www.east.org/education/online/traumacasts/detail/64/rib-fracture-plating-why-and-how http://www.east.org/education/online/traumacasts/detail/18/rib-fractures-and-mortality-dr-luchette
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Days to L iberation from Ventilator
6.5
2730 30
05
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F lail without contus ion F lail with contus ion
S urg icalfixationNon- surg ical
Voggenreiter G. J Am. Coll. Surg. 187:130- 138, 1998.
Rib Fracture plus Pulmonary Contusion
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The Physical Exam!
• Vital capacity < 55% of predicted – “Take a deep breath” or “cough”
• Inability to talk in full sentences • “I’m ok so long as I don’t move”
• Timing of procedure: EARLY
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Scoring Systems - RFS
>6 is bad
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Scoring Systems - CTS
>4 is bad
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Scoring Systems - RibScore
6 or more rib fx 1 point Bilateral rib fx 1 point Flail chest 1 point 3 or more bicortical fx 1 point 1st rib fx 1 point 1 or more fx in each of 3 anatomic areas 1 point
>3 is bad
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Scoring System - Comparison
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The “BEST” Scoring System
• Easy to calculate • Objectively assess pulm contusion and PNA • Validated prospectively • Can be used to determine that mortality
improves (ie score changes) following plating • Acute fx vs Chronic non-union/malunion?
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Medical Management
• Paravertebral or epidural catheter (EAST level 1 PMG)
• Ketamine gtt • RTC acetaminophen and celecoxib • PCA hydromorphone – demand dose only,
convert to po ASAP
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To ORIF or Not to ORIF
• 50 yo male is intubated for pain due to right 3-8 rib fx with ribs 4-6 being flail segments.
• RSBI score is < 100 and pt “looks good” while intubated, but is on ketamine gtt, PVB, PCA? – A. Extubate and ORIF if he fails extubation – B. ORIF ribs without a trial of extubation
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Khandelwal et al. Int J Surg 2011; 9:478-481
Pain Control with Rib Fixation
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