Table 5. Comparison of demographic characteristics of subgroups with complications.

			Complication (-)				Complication (+)
	n	%	Mean±SD	Median	n	%	Mean±SD	Median	p
Age (year)			27.6±7.3	25.0			31.1±8.2	31.0	0.112*
Time from injury to hospitalization (hour)			3.7±1.2	4.0			4.2±2.2	3.0	0.929*
MESS			5.4±2.7	4.5			6.6±2.3	7.0	0.088*
Injury severity score			15.3±11.5	12.0			20.9±15.5	16.0	0.173*
Cost (TL)			10,153±5,556	8,745			29,514±69,447	11,401	0.320*
Hospitalization period (day)			8.6±6.5	7.0			14.8±11.0	13.0	0.022*
Accompanying trauma									0.263†
(-)	34	68.0			9	52.9
(+)	16	32.0			8	47.1
Gustilo-Anderson classification									0.352†
3a	30	60.0			8	47.1
3b	7	14.0			5	29.4
3c	13	26.0			4	23.5
SD: Standard deviation; MESS: Mangled extremity severity score; TL: Turkish Lira; * Mann-Whitney U test; † Chi-square test.