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Suggest Treatment For Rib Fracture

74 yr old male, slipped and fell on bathroom toilet on 6/13 Saturday around 3-4am suspects he has rib fracture with visible indentation in the rib area. Can he have SBO or Sm Bowel puncture/injury from this fall if Complainting of no BM or Flatus since injury and urinating less than usual?
Mon, 5 Oct 2015
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kindly get an x ray done and no bowel injury as per your history as bowel injury cant be tolerated more than one day
meet a surgeon or orthopaedician to rule out rib injury
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Suggest Treatment For Rib Fracture

kindly get an x ray done and no bowel injury as per your history as bowel injury cant be tolerated more than one day meet a surgeon or orthopaedician to rule out rib injury