Rib fractures tell a lot regarding the forces involved in the trauma, risk for associated injuries, and prognosis. Only a small percentage of patients with a rib fracture will develop a symptomatic ...

An injury to the cartilage connecting your ribs to your breastbone can be very painful. Although recovery times can vary, rib cartilage fractures typically take at least 6 weeks to heal. The ribs in ...

Rib fractures occur in more than 10% of all trauma patients. 1 -3 Mechanisms of injury range from high-impact chest wall trauma to low-energy ground-level falls in the elderly. Fractured ribs can be ...

Broken Rib or Just Sore? How to Tell and What to Do: By Shreoshree Chakrabarty The ribs protect vital organs like the heart and lungs, but a strong impact to the chest can cause a broken rib or rib ...

Rib fracture detection has traditionally posed significant challenges due to the complexity of rib anatomy and the subtle presentation of fractures on standard imaging modalities. Recent advances in ...