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Table 9 Outcome of multiple injured patients with severe thoracic trauma and concomitant severe/critical lumbar spine trauma (AISLS = 4–5)

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 = 26

Early Surgery (ESI) n = 120

Late Surgery (LSI) n = 14

P-value (ESI versus LSI)

Mean ISS

38.4

39.6

43.4

0.95

Days on ventilator

3.6 [2]

4.2 [1]

7.1 [4]

0.12

Days on ICU

9.4 [7]

12.7 [9]

15.6 [14]

0.13

Days in hospital

47.2 [25]

34.1 [26]

29.5 [28]

0.46

MOF

28.0 (7)

21.9 (25)

46.2 (6)

0.054

Lung failure (ARDS)

12.0 (3)

21.1 (24)

38.5 (5)

0.16

Sepsis

0 (0)

6.1 (7)

15.4 (2)

0.22

Blood transfusion

19.2 (5)

28.6 (34)

7.7 (1)

0.088

GOS 3

26.9 (7)

36.8 (43)

35.7 (5)

0.26

GOS 4

38.5 (10)

33.3 (39)

21.4 (3)

GOS 5

34.6 (9)

29.1 (34)

35.7 (5)

  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