. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 May 26.

Published in final edited form as: World J Surg. 2015 Mar;39(3):789–793. doi: 10.1007/s00268-014-2862-y

Table 1.

Patient demographics, rib fracture numbers, and operative times in the 90° instrument group and standard instrument group

Characteristic	90° Device	Standard device	P value
Characteristic	(n = 29)	(n = 60)	P value
Age, median (range), year	61 (55–67)	60 (55–64)	0.40
Male sex, No. (%)	20 (69 %)	46 (77 %)	0.70
Highest rib repaired, median (range)	3 (2–5)	5 (2–9)	0.001
Posterior repair, No. (%)	8 (28 %)	10 (17 %)	0.20
Third rib repair, No. (%)	11 (38 %)	12 (20 %)	0.04
Ribs plated, median (range)	5 (2–12)	4 (1–7)	0.001
OR time, median (range), min	155 (108–440)	156 (47–367)	0.66
Flail segment, No. (%)	14 (48 %)	24 (40 %)	0.40
ICU stay, median (range), days	1 (0–17)	1 (0–39)	0.29
LOS, median (range), days	9 (6–21)	9 (2–39)	0.45
ISS, median (range)	22 (9–41)	16 (4–29)	0.03
TRISS, median (range)	12 (7–12)	12 (8–12)	0.06

ICU intensive care unit, ISS injury severity score, LOS length of stay, OR operating room, TRISS Trauma-Related Injury Severity Score