Table 1.
Patient characteristics of all 2153 CS-Fx patients
| N (%) 2153 (100%) |
|
|---|---|
| Sex | |
| Male | 1453 (67.5) |
| Female | 700 (32.5) |
| Age | |
| 0–19 years | 125 (5.8) |
| 20–49 years | 552 (25.6) |
| 50–64 years | 480 (22.3) |
| 65 + years | 996 (46.3) |
| Comorbidity | |
| ASA1 1–2 | 1269 (59.0) |
| ASA 3–5 | 783 (36.5) |
| Unknown | 101 (4.5) |
| Living | |
| Independent living | 1678 (77.9) |
| Dependent living | 299 (13.9) |
| Unknown | 176 (8.2) |
| Mechanism of injury | |
| Fall | 1219 (56.7) |
| Bicycle | 261 (11.9) |
| 4 W-MVA2 | 212 (9.8) |
| Sport | 100 (4.7) |
| 2 W-MVA3 | 97 (4.5) |
| Diving | 49 (2.3) |
| Pedestrian hit by MV | 30 (1.4) |
| Other | 185 (8.7) |
| Level of CS-Fx | |
| Only C04–C2 | 807 (37.5) |
| Only C3–C7 | 1193 (55.4) |
| Both C0–C2 + C3–C7 | 153 (7.1) |
| Role OUH5 | |
| Admitted OUH | 1216 (56.6) |
| Image review and treatment advice from OUH | 622 (28.7) |
| Follow-up OUH (primary treatment elsewhere) | 315 (14.7) |
| Treatment | |
| Surgery | 557 (25.9) |
| External immobilization alone | 1398 (64.9) |
| None | 198 (9.2) |
1ASA: American Society of Anesthesiologists Physical Status Classification system
24 W-MVA: Four-wheel motorized vehicle accidents
32 W-MVA: Two-wheel motorized vehicle accidents
4CO: Occipital condyle
5OUH: Oslo University Hospital