Broken ribs should be hospitalized or not according to the situation. Simple rib fracture without hemothorax or pneumothorax, and the angle of formation is not obvious, you can take a chest strap home for observation and treatment, and do not need to be hospitalized. If the angle is very big, you can choose to be hospitalized, and you can have the fracture surgically repositioned and internally fixed. If there is a hemothorax, pneumothorax also require hospitalization, because there is a hemothorax, pneumothorax will affect the respiratory function, affect the vital signs. Rib fracture adult chest belt external fixation for 4 weeks, hospitalization does not need to stay for 4 weeks, observation and treatment 1-2 weeks after discharge. 4 weeks later review, according to the formation of bone scab can be removed chest belt, follow-up observation.