Respiratory physiotherapy: In this group of patients, in addition to routine analgesic treatment, triflow use and deep breathing training would be given by the physiotherapist. Patients in this group will do breathing exercises 8 hours a day, 10 times an hour.
Conservative Treatment: Patients in the control group will receive conservative treatment consisting of paracetamol and dexketoprofen.
Respiratory physiotherapy is routinely performed after thoracic surgery operations to increase lung expansion and prevent pulmonary complications such as atelectasis and pneumonia. It is a controversial issue whether respiratory physiotherapy reduces pulmonary complications in rib fractures. In our study, patients with rib fractures will be divided into two groups. In the control group, standard treatment consisting of routine analgesic treatments will be applied. In the other group, respiratory physiotherapy will be applied with triflu for 8 hours a day. At the end of the study, pulmonary complications in both groups will be compared.
| Facility | City | Region | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kastamonu University | Kastamonu | Turkey (Türkiye) | Recruiting |
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