Table 3. Clinical outcome for patients with multiple rib fractures or flail chest separated by treatment, before propensity score match.
| Outcomes | Overall (n=1,201) | Multiple rib fractures | Flail chest | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operative (n=430) | Non-operative (n=580) | P | Operative (n=133) | Non-operative (n=58) | P | |||
| Hospital stay (days) mean ± SD | 11.1±3.5 | 10.3±3.6 | 10.1±4.5 | 0.433 | 15.1±5.9 | 16.3±5.6 | 0.191 | |
| ICU stay (days) mean ± SD | 4.5±1.9 | 4.2±1.4 | 4.3±1.6 | 0.291 | 5.7±2.1 | 6.6±2.4 | 0.015 | |
| ICU usage, n (%) | 146 (12.2) | 49 (11.4) | 68 (11.7) | 0.872 | 20 (15.0) | 9 (15.5) | 0.932 | |
| Ventilator duration (hours), mean ± SD | 98.2±17.8 | 92.3±14.7 | 94.6±20.1 | 0.036 | 114.5±21.4 | 110.7±20.8 | 0.252 | |
| Ventilator usage, n (%) | 145 (12.1) | 51 (11.9) | 63 (10.9) | 0.620 | 21 (15.8) | 10 (17.2) | 0.802 | |
| Pneumonia, n (%) | 270 (22.5) | 89 (20.7) | 128 (22.1) | 0.600 | 36 (27.1) | 17 (29.3) | 0.750 | |
| Mortality, n (%) | 17 (1.4) | 4 (0.9) | 7 (1.2) | 0.767 | 4 (3.0) | 2 (3.4) | 0.872 | |
Categorical data are presented as number and percent; continuous data are presented as mean ± SD. SD, standard deviation.