Table 2: Comparison of patient characteristics and demographics between two groups with different surgical interventions
Evacuation (43)Group 1 Evacuation with resection-repair (45)Group 2 P-value
Age 54.95 ± 14.87 52.24 ± 17.26 0.432
Gender (male) 34 (79.1%) 37 (82.2%) 0.708
Number of fractured ribs 5.93 ± 2.93 5.36 ± 2.52 0.327
Flail chest 18 (41.9%) 18 (40.0%) 0.859
Patients with lung contusion involving more than two lobes 40 (93.0%) 43 (95.6%) 0.608
Pulmonary contusion score 7.84 ± 2.79 8.47 ± 1.63 0.203
Acute respiratory failure in 4 h after trauma 19 (44.2%) 15 (33.3%) 0.296
Time from trauma to VATS 7.30 ± 6.54 6.31 ± 2.59 0.356
ISS 16.40 ± 4.46 18.07 ± 5.84 0.134
AIS chest 3.19 ± 0.39 3.31 ± 0.47 0.178
AIS: abbreviated injury score; ISS: injury severity score.