Table 1.

Baseline characteristics and perioperative outcomes in all patients

	n = 52
Age (years)	70 [50–82]
Sex (male)	39 (75)
Mechanism of injury
Blunt/Penetrating	52/0
Isolated thoracic injury	20 (38.5)
Multiple trauma	32 (61.5)
Chest AIS	3 [3–4]
ISS	17 [9–28]
Time from injury to SSRF (days)	3 [2-5.3]
Operation time (minutes)	190 [143–222]
Intraoperative bleeding (ml)	200 [73–357]
Post-operative complications
Bleeding	1 (1.9)
Revision surgery	4 (7.7)
Wound infection	1 (1.9)
Excess pleural fluid	10 (19.2)
Hemothorax	3 (5.8)
Pneumothorax	1 (1.9)
Empyema	1 (1.9)
Delirium	15 (28.8)
Pneumonia	10 (19.2)
Tracheostomy	7 (13.5)
In-hospital Mortality	0 (0)
Post-operative length of ventilator days	1 [1–4]
Post-operative length of ICU stay (days)	3 [2–6]
Post-operative length of hospital stay (days)	20 [9–33]
Length of hospital stay (days)	23 [11–41]
Discharge destination
Home	18 (34.6)
Other hospital	34 (65.4)

Continuous data are shown as median [range]. Categorical data are shown as n (%)

AIS Abbreviated Injury Scale, ISS Injury Severity Score, SSRF surgical stabilization of rib fractures, ICU intensive care unit