Table 2.
Summary of outcomes by gustilo fracture classification before and after establishment of the trauma centre
| Fracture type | Length of stay (days) | Number of operations | Skin coverage (hours) | Skeletal stabilisation (hours) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Before | After | p-value | Before | After | p-value | Before | After | p-value | Before | After | p-value | |
| II | 10.7 | 8.8 | >0.1 | 4.0 | 1.3 | 0.005 | 121 | 31 | >0.1 | 114 | 13 | 0.09 |
| IIIA | 17.0 | 12.7 | >0.1 | 2.3 | 1.7 | >0.1 | 63 | 46 | >0.1 | 15 | 36 | >0.1 |
| IIIB | 29.4 | 18.2 | 0.08 | 4.8 | 2.8 | 0.02 | 253 | 141 | >0.1 | 128 | 72 | >0.1 |
| IIIC | 0** | 22.5 | – | 0** | 4.0 | – | 0** | 168 | – | 0** | 144 | – |
**
There were no Gustilo type IIIC patients in the first cohort.