To confirm safety, performance, and clinical benefits for the use of RibFix Advantage™ in the fixation, stabilization, and fusion of rib fractures and osteotomies of normal and osteoporotic bone
Retrospective review of subject demographic and hospital data with a prospective follow-up component evaluating clinical outcomes and quality of life for patients receiving RibFix Advantage for surgical stabilization of rib fractures from 2019 to 2021
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
1
Intrathoracic rib fracture stabilization
UCI Health Surgery Services
Orange, California, United States
University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center
Cleveland, Ohio, United States
Rate of re-operation
Number of subjects who needed surgical re-intervention related to rib fracture repair
Time frame: 3 months post-op
Length of stay in hospital
Time spent in hospital following surgery
Time frame: Day 0 (surgery) to Day 7
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