The project involves a randomized controlled trial in adult patients with three or more rib fractures without flail segment or flail chest. Patients were randomized between Surgical Stabilization of Rib Fractures (SSRF) and nonoperative treatment. Patients were followed for 12 months, and data collection included clinical outcomes, patient-reported outcomes, and health-economic outcomes. Until now, the study protocol has been published, and the main outcomes manuscript is under review of a journal. Output that remains to follow are the final results of the study, which includes clinical data, patient-reported data and health-economic data.

Data and syntaxes of the study results are available on request, following which a contract will be made that displays the terms of use.

The data are sensitive since they involve personal information of patients. There are restrictions on use by commercial parties and on sharing openly, based on (inter)national laws and regulations and written informed consent. Therefore these data (and additional clinical data) are only available upon signing a Data Transfer Agreement (see Terms of Access).