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Table 8 Distribution of thoracic injury severity in multiply injured patients suffering from serious lumbar spine injury

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 = 114

Early Surgery (ESI) n = 239

Late Surgery (LSI) n = 126

AISThorax = 3

67.5 (77)

69.5 (166)

63.5 (27)

AISThorax = 4

23.7 (27)

25.9 (62)

21.4 (27)

AISThorax = 5

8.8 (10)

4.6 (11)

15.1 (19)

  1. Percentages (patient numbers) are given. The NSI group is listed to display the complete dataset. The difference in distribution of AISThorax severity between ESI and LSI groups was statistically significant (p = 0.002)