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Subject: hairline rib fracture
Category: Health > Conditions and Diseases
Asked by: rearden-ga
List Price: $10.00
Posted: 11 Oct 2004 11:10 PDT
Expires: 10 Nov 2004 10:10 PST
Question ID: 413227
What is the recovery timeline for hairline rib fracture in 2 ribs -
for a reasonably healthy 42-year old man?
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Subject: Re: hairline rib fracture
Answered By: palitoy-ga on 11 Oct 2004 11:34 PDT
 
Hello rearden-ga

According to several online sources the recovery time for a hairline
rib fracture is 4-6 weeks.

There is an excellent summary of this injury here:
http://www.mdadvice.com/library/sport/sport124.html

Further information, evidence of recovery times and how best to manage
the injury can be found here:
http://www.amershamhealth.com/medcyclopaedia/medical/volume%20V%201/RIB%20FRACTURE.ASP
http://www.healthsquare.com/mc/fgmc2180.htm
http://www.aurorahealthcare.org/yourhealth/healthgate/getcontent.asp?URLhealthgate=%2211591.html%22
http://www.healthtouch.com/bin/EContent_HT/cnoteShowLfts.asp?fname=02180&title=RIB+FRACTURE+&cid=HTHLTH&print=yes
http://fit4martialarts.com/ribs.htm
http://www.ptponline.com/detail.cfm?page=87
http://www.tpub.com/content/medical/14295/css/14295_190.htm
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