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. 2022 Dec 20;38(4):391–400. doi: 10.47717/turkjsurg.2022.5793

Table 5. Patient characteristics and length of stay according to the plan of management (Non operative management vs operative).

Patient characteristics Non operative management (n= 230) Surgery (n= 275) p
Age (Mean, SD) 33.06 (17.53) 29.45 (11.81) 0.06
Male, n (%) 198 (86.1) 249 (90.5) 0.89
Trauma scores ISS (Median, IQR) 14 (9-22) 13 (5-21) 0.02
NISS (Median, IQR) 16 (9-25) 13 (6-24) 0.03
RTS (Mean, SD) 7.64 (0.69) 7.42 (1.08) <0.001
GCS (Median, IQR) 15 (15-15) 15 (15-15) -
Complications present, n (%) 104 (45.2) 144 (52.4%) 0.11
Outcomes Hospital stay (Median, IQR) 7 (5-12) 8 (5-14) 0.45
Hospital free days (Median, IQR) 23 (15-25) 20 (7-24) 0.007
ICU stay (Median, IQR) 0 (0-0) 0 (0-3) 0.003
ICU free days (Median, IQR) 30 (30-30) 30 (24-30) 0.002
Mortality, n (%) 13 (5.6%) 29 (10.5%) 0.04
SD: Standard deviation, ISS: Injury Severity Score, NISS: New Injury Severity Score, RTS: Revised Trauma Score, GCS: Glasgow Coma Scale, IQR: Interquartile range, ICU: Intensive care unit.