Table 1.
Patient demographics and wounds reflective of the military patient population.
| Number (%) or median (IQR) | |
|---|---|
| Patients (n = 73) | |
| Age (years) | 22 (18.26) |
| Gender | |
| Male | 73 (100) |
| Injury Severity Score | 16 (4,28) |
| Traumatic brain injury | |
| Yes | 47 (64.4) |
| No | 20 (27.4) |
| Unknown | 6 (8.2) |
| Hospital length of stay (days) | 26 (4,48) |
| ICU length of stay (days), 32 patients | 3 (1,7.5) |
| Number of wounds | |
| 1 | 38 (52.1) |
| 2 | 27 (37) |
| 3 | 8 (11) |
| Wounds (n = 116) | |
| Mechanism of Injury | |
| Blast | 106 (91.4) |
| Crush | 1 (0.9) |
| GSW | 9 (7.8) |
| Wound location | |
| Lower Extremity | 97 (83.6) |
| Upper Extremity | 19 (16.4) |
| Wound surface area (cm2) | 225 (43,407) |
| Wound type | |
| Amputation | 15 (12.9) |
| Lower extremity | 12 (10.3) |
| Upper extremity | 3 (2.6) |
| Fasciotomy | 24 (20.7) |
| Lower extremity | 21 (18.1) |
| Upper extremity | 3 (2.6) |
| Open fracture | 12 (10.3) |
| Lower extremity | 9 (7.8) |
| Upper extremity | 3 (2.6) |
| Traumatic soft tissue injury | 65 (56) |
| Lower extremity | 55 (47.4) |
| Upper extremity | 10 (8.6) |
| Injury to closure (days) | 10 (5.75,14.25) |
| Hospital arrival to closure (days) | 5 (1,9) |
| Wound failure | |
| Dehisced | 27 (23.3) |
| Healed | 89 (76.7) |