Nerve freezing for rib-fracture pain using ultrasound guidance
Part of Injuries & trauma, Pain clinical trials.
This trial tests whether freezing a specific nerve (a “cryoneurolysis” treatment) through a catheter can better control pain from traumatic rib fractures. It’s offered to adults who have rib fractures soon after hospital admission and can use a pain control method called patient-controlled regional analgesia.
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Who can take part
- You are 18 years or older.
- You have rib fractures on one side only (between 3 and 8 ribs).
- You are within 48 hours of being admitted to the hospital.
- You can receive an erector spinae block catheter and use patient-controlled regional pain control.
- You can return for a follow-up visit (in person or by video) about 3 months after the treatment.
Quick eligibility check
Answer a few plain-language questions, based on this study's own requirements, to get a preliminary sense of fit.
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