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Table 1 Demographics of the population

From: Surgical management of traumatic diaphragmatic hernia: a single institutional experience of more than two decades

 

Total, n (%)

Blunt, n (%)

Penetrating, n (%)

P value

Patients No

63

44 (69.8)

19 (30.2)

N/A

Mean age, years ± SD

31.2 ± 16.3

33.5 ± 19.7

23.6 ± 9.5

.042

Male

52 (82.5)

36

16

N/A

Mean ISS ± SD

26.6 ± 20 .7

36.3 ± 23.2

20.8 ± 17.4

.029

AAST grade

2.1 ± 0.7

2.8 ± 0.9

1.5 ± 0.3

.014

Survival to discharge

56 (88.9)

40 (63.5)

16 (25.4)

.734

Mortality

7 (11.1)

4 (9.1)

3 (15.8)

.670

  1. N/A not available, AAST American Association for the Surgery of Trauma