Rib fractures and nerve block. A 84 case study

The aim of the study is to determine the importance of nerve block in rib fracture patients. Methods: During the period January 2017- December 2018 a retrospective study took place. Eighty four patients diagnosed already with rib fractures underwent nerve bock by thoracic surgery department at General Hospital of Nicaea-Piraeus, Greece. Results: All 84 patients received nerve block and 54 of them received nerve block and Diclofenac injection. After a week of post nerve block along with regularly analgesic-NSAID medication the recorded pain has been reduced to minimum.