Table 4.
Treatment outcomes
| N | Isolated injury | (Fracture) healing | Sternal stability | Pain relief | Treatment complications | Removal of fixation materiala | Other re-operationa | Mean (range) hospital LOS in days | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All patients | 191 |
15/67 (22%) |
187/187 (100%) |
35/35 (100%) |
133/136 (98%) |
3/174 (2%) |
15/145 (10%) |
1/89 (1%) |
15 (3–59) | |
| Acute fracture | Surgical treatment | 117 |
14/43 (33%) |
113/113 (100%) |
33/33 (100%) |
98/101 (97%) |
3/114 (3%) |
3/73 (4%) |
1/73 (1%) |
15 (3–59) |
| Conservative treatment | 20 |
0/20 (0%) |
20/20 (100%) |
– | – |
0/20 (0%) |
N/a | N/a | – | |
| Non-healing fracture | Surgical treatment | 42 |
0/1 (0%) |
42/42 (100%) |
2/2 (100%) |
32/32 (100%) |
0/30 (0%) |
1/14 (7%) |
0/14 (0%) |
12 |
| Conservative treatment | – | – | – | – | – | – | N/a | N/a | – | |
| Sternal dislocation | Surgical treatment | 10 |
1/2 (50%) |
10/10 (100%) |
– |
2/2 (100%) |
0/8 (0%) |
2/10 (20%) |
0/1 (0%) |
5 (4–6) |
| Conservative treatment | 1 |
0/1 (0%) |
1/1 (100%) |
– | – |
0/1 (0%) |
N/a | N/a | – | |
All ratios and percentages were calculated with the data available. Therefore, the number of patients analysed per treatment group might not equal the total population number
N number of patients, N/a not applicable, – not described, LOS length of stay
aRemoval of fixation material and other re-operation: only applicable to surgical treatment group