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Table 2 Comparison of outcomes between TR and CTS patients

From: RETRACTED ARTICLE: The role of acute care surgeons in treating rib fractures—a retrospective cohort study from a single level I trauma center

Variables

Total Patients Received SSRF (n = 157)

TR (n = 141)

CTS (n = 16)

P value

Age (Median, IQR)

56 (49–67)

57.5 (48.5–63.5)

0.796

Sex (Male, ratio)

45 (31.9%)

6 (37.5%

0.651

Flail chest (ratio)

79 (56.0%)

8 (50%)

0.646

Numbers of Fractured Ribs (Median, IQR)

6 (5–8)

6 (4.5–9.5)

0.883

Numbers of Fractures (Median, IQR)

8 (5–11)

8 (4.5–12.5)

0.958

Chest AIS (Median, IQR)

3 (2–4)

3.5 (1–4)

0.374

ISS (Median, IQR)

20 (16–29)

23.5 (23.5)

0.411

NISS (Median, IQR)

24 (17–33)

32.5 (22–39.5)

0.094

Total LOS (Median, IQR)

13 (10–16)

17 (10.5–26.5)

0.095

ICU LOS (Median, IQR)

0 (0–5)

3 (0–6.5)

0.324

Length of MV (Median, IQR)

0 (0–2)

1.5 (0–4)

0.193

Length of CT (Days, median, IQR)

8 (5–11)

10 (3.5–16)

0.787

Complication (ratio)

18 (12.8%)

5 (31.3%)

0.048

Mortality (ratio)

0 (0%)

1 (6.3%)

0.003

  1. ISS injury severity score, AIS Abbreviated Injury Scale, NISS new injury severity score, ICU intensive care unit, LOS length of stay, MV mechanical ventilation, CT  chest tube, TR  Department of Trauma and Emergency Surgery, CTS Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery