How to treat a fracture of the eleventh rib

The eleventh rib fracture can be treated with chest immobilization, surgery, and NSAIDs for pain relief as prescribed by the doctor. 1. Chest immobilization: mostly for rib bones without obvious displacement, chest belt external immobilization is used to prevent the bone from being displaced by activities, and the immobilization can be lifted only after the bone scab is basically shaped and the fracture is healed in about 6 weeks. 2. Surgical treatment: such as the eleventh rib comminuted fracture or angular deformity, more likely to cause visceral injury, bleeding, need for surgical internal fixation treatment, restore thoracic function, reduce the occurrence of post-fracture complications. 3. Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs: patients can follow the doctor’s instructions to apply ibuprofen, celecoxib and other non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs pain medication, relieve pain and local tissue congestion, swelling symptoms. At the same time, it can also reduce the local nerve pain sensitivity to bradykinin and so on, with anti-inflammatory and analgesic function. If the eleventh rib fracture is diagnosed, early and standardized treatment is recommended to reduce the adverse effects of the disease.