Complication evaluation
fracture, pneumonia, atelectasis
PNEUMONIA, POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS, SURGICAL SITE INFECTION, ATELECTASIS, SITE INFECTION
The most prevalent postoperative complications of rib fracture fixation include surgical site infection, pneumonia, and atelectasis. We found that 5 (2.49%) patients experienced surgical site infections in the early rib fracture fixation group, while there were 13 (6.44%) patients with surgical site infections in the delayed rib fracture fixation group, and there was no significant difference between the two groups (Comparison of postoperative complications evaluation