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Table 5 Outcome_ upper limb nerve injury

From: Nerve injury in severe trauma with upper extremity involvement: evaluation of 49,382 patients from the TraumaRegister DGU® between 2002 and 2015

 

control group

PNI group

GOS 1 (death > 30 days after trauma) (%)

0,6 (CI 0,5 - 0,7)

0,1 (CI 0,0 - 0,5)

GOS 2 (%)

1,7 (CI 1,6 - 1,8)

0,8 (CI 0,4 - 1,4)

GOS 3 (%)

9,6 (CI 9,3 - 9,9)

10,1 (CI 8,6–11,8)

GOS 4 (%)

28,4 (CI 27,9 - 28,9)

39,9 (CI 36,8 - 43,2)

GOS 5 (%)

59,8 (CI 59,0 - 60,5)

49,1 (CI 45,7–52,7)

discharge_home (%)

54,5 (CI 53,8 - 55,1)

49,1 (CI 45,7–52,6)

discharge_rehabilitation (%)

29,2 (CI 28,7 - 29,7)

36,0 (CI 33,1–39,0)

discharge_other hospital (%)

12,4 (CI 12,1 - 12,8)

12,2 (CI 10,5–14,0)

discharge_other or death (%)

3,9 (CI 3,7 - 4,1)

2,7 (CI 2,0 - 3,7)

  1. Outcome characteristics of PNI and control cases measured by GOS (Glasgow Outcome Scale) and frequency of further treatment after primary care discharge. CI Confidence Interval of 95%