| Age |
55.8 +/– 11.3 |
59.3 +/– 11.4 |
0.01 (T-test) |
| Injury duration |
19.3 +/– 12.2 |
20.6 +/– 14.1 |
0.44 (T-test) |
| Injury level Tetraplegia Paraplegia |
67 (39.6%) 102 (60.4%) |
43 (37.4%) 58 (50.4%) 5 (4.3%) 1 (0.9%) 8 (7.0%) 43 (40.2%) 64 (59.8%%) |
p = 1.0 (Fisher’s exact test) |
| Etiology Traumatic Non-traumatic |
147 (86.0%) 24 (14.0%) |
101 (87.8%) 14 (12.2%) |
p = 0.72 (Fisher’s exact test) |
| BMI |
24.5 +/– 5.5 |
25.4 +/– 5.3 |
0.18 (T-test) |
| Smoking |
86 (50.3%) |
20 (17.4%) |
<0.001 (Fisher’s Exact Test) |
| Diabetes |
24 (14.0%) |
37 (32.2%) |
<0.001 (Fisher’s Exact Test) |
| Albumin <3.5 |
73/160 (45.6%) |
45/111 (40.5%) |
0.39 (Fisher’s exact test) |
| Ulcer location Ischium Sacrum Trochanter Other pelvic |
90 (52.6%) 49 (28.7%) 27 (15.8%) 5 (2.9%) |
63 (54.8%) 31 (27.0%) 15 (13.0%) 6 (5.2%) |
0.70 (Chi-Square test) |
| Multiple surgeries on same day |
14 (8.1%) |
12 (10.4%) |
0.54 (Fisher’s Exact Test) |
| Multiple surgeries in same hospitalization (*excludes revision surgeries) |
20 (11.7%) |
12 (10.4) |
0.85 (Fisher’s Exact Test) |
| Surgery performed to treat ulcer recurrence |
32 (18.7%) |
20 (17.4) |
0.88 (Fisher’s Exact Test) |
