Table 4. Patient Outcomes and comparison between operative and non-operative patients.
^indicates non-normally distributed sample. hLOS: hospital length of stay, ICU-LOS: Intensive care unit length of stay.
| Overall (n=109) | Non-operative (n=59) | Operative (n=50) | P-value | ||
| hLOS (days)^ | 9.0 ±0.9 | 8.3 ±1.4 | 9.7 ±0.9 | 0.0139 | |
| ICU LOS (days) | 5.0 ±0.5 | 4.2 ±0.9 | 5.7 ±0.7 | 0.0011 | |
| Deep Vein Thrombosis | 5 (4.6%) | 2 (3.4%) | 3 (6.0%) | 0.6591 | |
| Pulmonary Embolism | 1 (0.9%) | 0 (0.0%) | 1 (2.0%) | 0.4587 | |
| Pneumonia | 5 (4.6%) | 2 (3.4%) | 3 (6.0%) | 0.6591 | |
| Tracheostomy | 6 (5.5%) | 3 (5.1%) | 3 (6.0%) | >0.9999 | |
| Gastrostomy | 9 (8.3%) | 5 (8.5%) | 4 (8.0%) | >0.9999 | |
| Discharge GCS (without death) ^ | 14.3 ±0.2 | 14.2 ±0.2 | 14.5 ±0.2 | 0.0793 | |
| Discharge location | |||||
| Home | 48 (44.0%) | 26 (44.1%) | 22 (44.0%) | >0.9999 | |
| Acute Rehab | 30 (27.5%) | 9 (15.3%) | 21 (42.0%) | 0.0025 | |
| Subacute Rehab | 6 (5.5%) | 4 (6.8%) | 2 (4.0%) | 0.6853 | |
| Nursing Home | 13 (11.9%) | 12 (20.3%) | 1 (2.0%) | 0.0029 | |
| Death | 11 (10.1%) | 7 (11.9%) | 4 (8.0%) | 0.5439 | |