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Read some of the latest articles spotlighting Acute Innovations unique U-shaped Rib Fracture Plate.
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- Shedding New Light on the Treatment of Broken Ribs
Physician’s Weekly Surgery Edition, Vol.IV, No.6, February 5, 2007 -
Patients who have broken ribs are usually forced to live with their pain until their ribs heal, but new advances in implants are allowing surgeons to help stabilize these bones.
- OHSU Surgeons Challenge Age-old Practice
Medical News Today, July 20, 2006 -
Surgeons in the Oregon Health & Science University Trauma/Critical Care Program are challenging the decades-old practice of ‘not fixing’ rib fractures. In a first-of-its kind pilot study, the surgeons hope to identify people most at risk of prolonged pain and disability from broken ribs.
- Fixing Broken Ribs Moves Beyond Pain Pills and Time
The Oregonian, June 29, 2006 -
OHSU doctors are studying the use of surgery and a taco-shaped plate to speed and ease healing.
- OHSU Surgeons Find New Way To Fix Painful Broken Ribs
Oregon Health & Science University, June 27, 2006 -
OHSU trauma surgeons are studying whether surgical intervention speeds recovery, prevents long-term disability and chronic pain in people with debilitating rib fracture; a new device co- developed by an OHSU orthopedic surgeon is helping to facilitate repair in some cases.