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. 2021 Jan 18;48(2):1509–1511. doi: 10.1007/s00068-020-01573-0

Correction to: Effectiveness of surgical fixation for rib fractures in relation to its timing: a retrospective Japanese nationwide study

Shunichi Otaka 1,, Shotaro Aso 2, Hiroki Matsui 1, Kiyohide Fushimi 3, Hideo Yasunaga 1
PMCID: PMC9119202  PMID: 33462646

Correction to: European Journal of Trauma and Emergency Surgery https://doi.org/10.1007/s00068-020-01548-1

The original version of this article unfortunately contained a mistake. The presentation of Table 1 was incorrect. The corrected Table 1 is given below.

Table 1.

Patient characteristics according to surgical rib fixation status within 3 days after admission in the original and overlap weights adjusted cohorts

Patients who did not undergo surgical rib fixation ≤ 3 days after admission (n = 6253) Patients who underwent surgical rib fixation ≤ 3 days after admission (n = 62) Standardized difference (%) Patients who did not undergo surgical rib fixation ≤ 3 days after admission (n = 6253) Patients who underwent surgical rib fixation ≤ 3 days after admission (n = 62) Standardized difference (%)
Age: years, mean (SD) 64.1 (19.8) 66.6 (14.6) 65.9 66.9
Age groups: years, n (%) 31.5
 < 60 2024 (32.4) 14 (22.6) (23.2) (23.2) 0.0
 60–69 1199 (19.2) 17 (27.4) (25.3) (25.3) 0.0
 70–79 1571 (25.1) 20 (32.3) (32.0) (32.0) 0.0
 80≤  1459 (23.3) 11 (17.7) (19.5) (19.5) 0.0
Sex (male), n (%) 4067 (65.0) 41 (66.1) 2.3 (64.0) (64.0) 0.0
Body mass index: kg/m2, mean (SD) 22.5 (4.9) 23.4 (4.8) 22.9 23.4
Body mass index groups: kg/m2, n (%) 27.1
 < 18.5 799 (12.8) 9 (14.5) (15.2) (15.2) 0.0
 18.5–24.9 3373 (53.9) 33 (53.2) (55.4) (55.4) 0.0
 25–29.9 1193 (19.1) 12 (19.4) (21.3) (21.3) 0.0
 30≤  241 (3.9) 5 (8.1) (8.2) (8.2) 0.0
 Missing 647 (10.4) 3 (4.8)
Japan Coma Scale, n (%) 71.7
 0 (alert) 1756 (28.1) 38 (61.3) (59.6) (59.6) 0.0
 1–3 (dizziness) 1392 (22.3) 9 (14.5) (14.2) (14.2) 0.0
 10–30 (somnolence) 979 (15.7) 5 (8.1) (8.6) (8.6) 0.0
 100–300 (coma) 2126 (34.0) 10 (16.1) (17.5) (17.5) 0.0
Comorbidities, n (%)
 Clinically important traumatic brain injury 1426 (22.8) 10 (16.1) 16.9 (15.3) (15.3) 0.0
 Cervical fracture 264 (4.2) 2 (3.2) 5.3 (3.4) (3.4) 0.0
 Vertebral fracture 683 (10.9) 6 (9.7) 4.1 (10.2) (10.2) 0.0
 Clavicular fracture 579 (9.3) 9 (14.5) 16.3 (13.6) (13.6) 0.0
 Sternal fracture 170 (2.7) 4 (6.5) 17.9 (6.8) (6.8) 0.0
 Scapular fracture 289 (4.6) 5 (8.1) 14.2 (8.5) (8.5) 0.0
 Flail chest 228 (3.6) 11 (17.7) 46.8 (15.4) (15.4) 0.0
 Pelvic fracture 784 (12.5) 8 (12.9) 1.1 (11.8) (11.8) 0.0
Procedures on admission, n (%)
 Catecholamine use 3153 (50.4) 40 (64.5) 28.8 (63.5) (63.5) 0.0
 Chest drainage 2400 (38.4) 27 (43.5) 10.5 (45.4) (45.4) 0.0
 Transfusion 3412 (54.6) 45 (72.6) 38.1 (72.7) (72.7) 0.0
 Transarterial embolization 1016 (16.2) 3 (4.8) 37.8 (5.2) (5.2) 0.0
Interventions for other organs, n (%)
 Craniotomy 524 (8.2) 1 (1.6) 31.4 (1.8) (1.8) 0.0
 Thoracotomy 285 (4.6) 17 (27.4) 65.7 (27.3) (27.3) 0.0
 Laparotomy 413 (6.6) 2 (3.2) 15.7 (3.6) (3.6) 0.0
 Spinal fusion 125 (2.0) 0 (0.0) 20.2
 Pelvic ORIF 207 (3.3) 6 (9.7) 26.1 (8.4) (8.4) 0.0
 Surgery to limbs 587 (9.4) 13 (21.0) 32.7 (20.3) (20.3) 0.0
Charlson Comorbidity Index, n (%) 37.0
 0 4802 (76.8) 55 (88.7) (88.0) (88.0) 0.0
 1 967 (15.5) 4 (6.5) (6.9) (6.9) 0.0
 2 331 (5.3) 1 (1.6) (1.8) (1.8) 0.0
 3≤ 153 (2.4) 2 (3.2) (3.3) (3.3) 0.0
ICD-10-based severity score for trauma, mean (SD) 9.1 (6.3) 9.2 (4.5) 2.7 8.9 8.9 0.0
ICU admission n, (%) 5584 (89.3) 56 (90.3) 3.4 (89.6) (89.6) 0.0

ICD International Classification of Diseases, ICU intensive care unit, ORIF open reduction and internal fixation, SD standard deviation

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