肋骨骨折在胸部损伤中最为常见。成年人特别是老年 ,骨脆性大 ,易发生骨折。骨折后因疼痛 ,而呼吸、咳嗽受限 ,痰液排出不畅易并发肺炎 ,肺不张 ,使病情加重。笔者近几年来采用中西医结合治疗单纯肋骨骨折引起的肺部并发症 38例 ,效果满意 ,现总结如下 :1　一般资料38例单纯肋 Rib fractures are most common in chest injuries. Adults, especially the elderly, bone brittle, prone to fracture. Fractures due to pain, and breathing, cough limited, sputum discharge easily complicated by pneumonia, atelectasis, so that the disease worsened. In recent years, I used the combination of traditional Chinese and Western medicine treatment of simple rib fractures caused by 38 cases of pulmonary complications, the results are satisfactory, are summarized as follows: 1 General Information 38 cases of simple rib