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posted by Fnord666 on Sunday January 26 2020, @01:49PM   Printer-friendly
from the ouch dept.

Arthur T Knackerbracket has found the following story:

By stabilizing fractured and partially dislocated ribs, physicians can improve patient quality of life according to a new multicenter study

[...] As recently published in the Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, patients who underwent SSRF [Surgical Stabilization of Rib Fractures] for three or more rib fractures with partial dislocation reported less pain on the numeric pain scale and a better quality of life after their stabilization surgery.

"This research shows that patients who have partially displaced fractures as well as some pulmonary compromise also benefit from a procedure that is usually reserved for a more severely injured cohort," said Eriksson.

[...] The fractured ribs took just as long to completely heal, but the patients' experiences during this process were far superior, and they reported feeling less pain and easier breathing throughout.

Patients also experienced fewer complications from their rib fractures. By opening the chest, addressing any additional injuries, guiding the bones back into position and removing any excess blood from the area, surgeons decreased the chances that study participants would have any additional bleeding or fluid accumulation in that space.

And the difference was statistically significant. Surgeons reported that in the group that underwent SSRF, there was a zero percent pleural space complication rate from their patients' injuries, while the group that did not undergo the procedure experienced a 10% complication rate.

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  • (Score: 2) by dltaylor on Sunday January 26 2020, @11:52PM (1 child)

    by dltaylor (4693) on Sunday January 26 2020, @11:52PM (#949060)

    2 or 3 deep coughs began to make death a desirable alternative.

    After I broke 2 (not displaced) and cracked 1, I found it much easier to get onto a motorcycle than bend to get into a car. I'm tall from seat to crown, so I have to bend to get into even a roomy sedan or SUV/pickup. My bikes are not sport bikes, so the riding position is relatively upright.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday January 27 2020, @04:47AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday January 27 2020, @04:47AM (#949191)

    OP here (still as AC). At the risk of being a "Topper" ( http://www.c4-elt.com/2016/11/wacky-wednesday-topper.html [c4-elt.com] ), I reference this: https://www.lung.org/about-us/blog/2016/05/sneeze-versus-cough.html [lung.org]

    ...
    So Which Is Faster?

    Both a sneeze and a cough have one goal in mind: getting rid of whatever is bugging your body. Unfortunately, getting rid of germs in such a violent method means spreading germs in a rather large spray of saliva, mucus, irritants and caught viruses (which can live on surfaces for hours at a time). Sprays can be a little difficult to track, but some enterprising scientists have managed to make a rough estimate. A cough can travel as fast as 50 mph and expel almost 3,000 droplets in just one go. Sneezes win though—they can travel up to 100 mph and create upwards of 100,000 droplets. Yikes!

    You have my sympathy for coughs and hiccups, but that one sneeze caused an incredibly sharp pain.