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Early surgical stabilization of rib fractures (SSRF), &lt;\u200972 h from admission, has been shown to improve outcomes in younger patients. We hypothesize that patients \u2265\u200965\u2009years requiring SSRF will have improved outcomes with early SSRF.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>This was a retrospective cohort analysis of patients \u2265\u200965\u2009years between 1\/1\/2018 and 12\/31\/2022 who underwent SSRF and were captured in the National Trauma Data Bank. Patients who died within 24 h were excluded. Demographic and injury characteristics, comorbidities, hospital events and discharge dispositions were captured. Study groups were early (&lt;\u200972 h) versus late SSRF. Primary outcomes were hospital length of stay (HLOS), intensive care unit LOS (ILOS), duration of mechanical ventilation (DMV), and mortality. With early SSRF as the reference group, multivariable analysis was conducted.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      Five thousand one hundred twenty\u2010nine patients met inclusion criteria. Three thousand seventy (59.8%) underwent early SSRF and 2059 (40.1%) underwent late SSRF. Early SSRF was associated with shorter HLOS (9 vs. 14\u2009days), ILOS (6 vs. 9\u2009days), and DMV (5 vs. 9\u2009days) (all\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      &lt;\u20090.001). There was no difference in mortality (4.7% vs. 5.3%,\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u20090.23). Early fixation was associated with fewer complications including unplanned intubation (6.6% vs. 13.5%), tracheostomy (1.9% vs. 5.3%), acute respiratory distress syndrome (0.9% vs. 1.7%), and pneumonia (0.2% vs. 0.7%) (all\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009&lt;\u20090.001). On multivariable analysis, HLOS, ILOS, and DMV increased with late fixation (all\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009&lt;\u20090.001).\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Early SSRF is associated with improved outcomes and fewer complications in older adult patients with rib fractures. Further study will guide treatment protocols for the growing population of older adult trauma patients.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1111\/jgs.70297","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,1,31]],"date-time":"2026-01-31T22:34:04Z","timestamp":1769898844000},"page":"738-747","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":2,"title":["Surgical Stabilization of Rib Fractures in Geriatric Trauma Patients: A National Trauma Data Bank Review"],"prefix":"10.1111","volume":"74","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0004-3374-8573","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Jared","family":"Plumb","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Cooper Medical School of Rowan University  Camden New Jersey USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0005-2234-3906","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Gena 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