Table 4.
Injury, procedure, length of stay, and pain characteristicsa by operative (Op) and non-operative (Non) care and injury site for patients who were treated at UC San Diego from 2013–2019 after sustaining musculoskeletal injuries at the US–Mexico border
| All | Lower extremity | Upper extremity | Spine | Pelvis | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All | Op | Non | All | Op | Non | All | Op | Non | All | Op | Non | All | Op | Non | |
| n = 168 | n = 115 | n = 53 | n = 114 | n = 91 | n = 21 | n = 37 | n = 15 | n = 18 | n = 42 | n = 11 | n = 24 | n = 10 | n = 5 | n = 3 | |
| Number of Injuries | 1.5 (0.8) | 1.5 (0.9) | 1.4 (0.6) | 1.6 (0.9) | 1.5 (0.9) | 1.6 (0.7) | 1.8 (0.8) | 1.8 (0.9) | 1.6 (0.7) | 1.7 (1.1) | 1.9 (1.8) | 1.5 (0.7) | 2.1 (0.7) | 2.4 (0.9) | 1.7 (0.6) |
| Number of Procedures | 1.1 (1.1) | 1.8 (1.2) | 1.6 (1.4) | 2.0 (1.3) | 0.7 (0.8) | 1.3 (0.6) | 0.6 (0.9) | 1.5 (1.0) | 1.1 (1.0) | 1.8 (0.8) | |||||
| Length of stay, days | |||||||||||||||
| Total | 7.8 (8.1) | 9.7 (8.4) | 3.9 (6.0) | 9.3 (8.7) | 10.7 (8.8) | 3.7 (5.2) | 5.7 (7.4) | 5.1 (5.2) | 6.2 (9.5) | 6.1 (5.9) | 9.6 (5.3) | 3.8 (5.3) | 8.6 (6.0) | 7.8 (2.4) | 10.0 (12.1) |
| Admission to Surgery | 1.1 (1.5) | 1.1 (1.5) | 1.1 (1.5) | 1.1 (1.5) | 1.0 (1.3) | 1.1 (1.3) | 1.9 (2.4) | 1.8 (2.3) | 1.6 (1.3) | 1.2 (1.3) | |||||
| Surgery to discharge | 4.3 (4.6) | 4.3 (4.6) | 4.3 (4.9) | 4.4 (4.9) | 3.2 (2.6) | 2.9 (2.7) | 5.6 (3.7) | 6.7 (3.9) | 5.9 (2.4) | 5.8 (2.9) | |||||
| Average pain, 1–10 | |||||||||||||||
| Hospital stay | 4.1 (2.0) | 4.4 (1.8) | 3.5 (2.2) | 4.2 (1.9) | 4.6 (1.8) | 2.9 (1.8) | 4.0 (2.2) | 3.5 (1.7) | 4.5 (2.7) | 3.6 (1.7) | 4.4 (1.0) | 3.2 (1.9) | 3.9 (1.4) | 3.6 (1.0) | 3.8 (0.7) |
| Post-op day 1 | 4.9 (2.2) | 4.9 (1.3) | 5.9 (2.1) | 5.5 (2.1) | 4.2 (2.8) | 4.0 (3.0) | 4.9 (1.8) | 4.7 (1.8) | 3.7 (2.3) | 3.7 (0.4) | |||||
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