An injury to the cartilage connecting your ribs to your breastbone can be very painful. Although recovery times can vary, rib cartilage fractures typically take at least 6 weeks to heal. The ribs in ...

Broken Rib or Just Sore? How to Tell and What to Do: By Shreoshree Chakrabarty The ribs protect vital organs like the heart and lungs, but a strong impact to the chest can cause a broken rib or rib ...

Rib fracture detection has traditionally posed significant challenges due to the complexity of rib anatomy and the subtle presentation of fractures on standard imaging modalities. Recent advances in ...