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Table 4 Outcome of multiple injured patients with severe thoracic trauma and concomitant serious thoracic spine trauma (AISTS = 3)

From: Possible advantages of early stabilization of spinal fractures in multiply injured patients with leading thoracic trauma - analysis based on the TraumaRegister DGU®

 

No Surgery (NSI) n = 180

Early Surgery (ESI) n = 295

Late Surgery (LSI) n = 189

P-value (ESI versus LSI)

Mean ISS

22.0

20.3

21.8

0.12

Days on ventilator

5.1 [1]

5.6 [1]

8.4 [1]

0.21

Days on ICU

9.0 [5]

10.4 [6]

14.5 [9]

0.004

Days in hospital

20.6 [17]

23.9 [20]

31.0 [26]

< 0.001

MOF

26.3 (40)

20.4 (56)

39.0 (67)

< 0.001

Lung failure (ARDS)

24.3 (37)

21.2 (58)

30.2 (52)

0.031

Sepsis

9.7 (14)

6.8 (18)

12.4 (21)

0.045

Blood transfusion

11.7 (21)

9.8 (29)

13.2 (25)

0.25

GOS 3

8.2 (14)

5.1 (15)

12.2 (23)

0.003

GOS 4

22.4 (38)

22.3 (65)

31.2 (59)

GOS 5

55.3 (94)

68.5 (200)

54.5 (103)

  1. For VT, ICUT and HT the mean [median] is listed. For MOF; lung failure; sepsis, blood transfusion and GOS percentages (patient numbers) are given. The p-values are derived comparing the ESI and LSI group. The NSI group is listed to display the complete dataset