Table 1.
Baseline characteristics of the studied patients
| Variables | Total |
Ruptured diaphragm
|
P value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yes (n = 4) | No (n = 20) | |||
| Age (year) | ||||
| Mean ± SD | 33 ± 10.64 | 31.2 ± 5.4 | 33.3 ± 11.5 | 0.91 |
| Time to reach the hospital (minute) | ||||
| Mean ± SD | 38.5 ± 16 | 38.2 ± 16.3 | 40 ± 16.8 | 0.73 |
| Chest wall laceration length (cm) | ||||
| Mean ± SD | 2.7 ± 2.2 | 2.9 ± 2.3 | 1.6 ± 0.5 | 0.24 |
| Hemothorax volume (ml) | ||||
| Mean ± SD | 125 ± 134 | 74 ± 70 | 380 ± 57 | > 0.001 |
| Location of wound (In thorax) * | ||||
| Posterior | 10 (41.7) | 0 (0.0) | 10 (50.0) | 0.009 |
| Anterior | 8 (33.3) | 1 (25.0) | 7 (35.0) | |
| Maxillary | 6 (25.0) | 3 (75.0) | 3 (15.0) | |
| Location of wound (in intercostal space) * | ||||
| 5th | 3 (12.5) | 0 (0.0) | 3 (15) | 0.013 |
| 6th | 6 (25) | 0 (0.0) | 6 (30) | |
| 7th | 6 (25) | 1 (25) | 5 (25) | |
| 8th | 3 (12.5) | 2 (50) | 1 (5) | |
| 9th | 2 (8) | 1 (25) | 1 (5) | |
| 10th | 2 (8) | 0 (0.0) | 2 (10) | |
| 11th | 2 (8) | 0 (0.0) | 2 (10) | |
| Chest tube drainage* | ||||
| Hemothorax | 11 (45.8) | 0(0.0) | 11 (55.0) | 0.002 |
| Pneumothorax | 7 (29.2) | 0 (0.0) | 7 (35.0) | |
| Hemo-pneumothorax | 6 (25.0) | 4 (100.0) | 2 (10.0) | |
*Data are reported as number (%).