Table 3.
Comparison of the surgical treatment of earthquake patients from three large earthquakes.
| Wenchuan earthquake | Yushu earthquake | Jiuzhaigou earthquake | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cases (n) | Percent (%) | Cases (n) | Percent (%) | Cases (n) | Percent (%) | p-value1 | |
| Orthopedic surgery | 0.014 | ||||||
| Debridement | 79 | 14.1% | 12 | 27.9% | 5 | 33.3% | |
| Amputation | 135 | 24% | 2 | 4.7% | 0 | 0% | |
| External fixation | 67 | 11.9% | 6 | 14% | 2 | 13.3% | |
| CR/casting/CRIF | 84 | 14.9% | 4 | 9.3% | 1 | 6.7% | |
| ORIF open reduction/internal fixation | 175 | 31.1% | 18 | 41.9% | 6 | 40% | |
| Other | 22 | 3.9% | 1 | 2.3% | 1 | 6.7% | |
| Neurosurgery | 0.853 | ||||||
| Decompressive craniectomy | 100 | 41.7% | 7 | 53.8% | 4 | 57.1% | |
| Cranioplasty | 58 | 24.2% | 2 | 15.4% | 1 | 14.3% | |
| Craniotomy | 72 | 30% | 3 | 23.1% | 2 | 28.6% | |
| Others | 10 | 4.2% | 1 | 7.7% | 0 | 0% | |
| Plastic surgery | 0.172 | ||||||
| Debridement with split skin graft | 34 | 57.6% | 0 | 0% | 1 | 33.3% | |
| Incision and drainage of infections | 18 | 30.5% | 2 | 66.7% | 2 | 66.7% | |
| others | 7 | 11.9% | 1 | 33.3% | 0 | 0% | |
| General surgery | 0.182 | ||||||
| Laparotomy | 28 | 57.1% | 0 | 0% | 1 | 0% | |
| Debridement | 15 | 30.6% | 2 | 66.7% | 2 | 100% | |
| Others | 6 | 12.2% | 1 | 33.3% | 0 | 0% | |
CR, closed reduction; CRIF, closed reduction/internal fixation.