[Retracted] Pattern and In-Hospital Mortality of Thoracoabdominal Injuries Associated with Motor Vehicle Accident-Related Spinal Injury: A Retrospective Single-Center Study
Table 4
Association between the different variables and thoracoabdominal injuries associated with motor vehicle accident-related traumatic spinal injuries (n = 87).
Variables
Thoracic injury (n = 58)
Abdominal injury (n = 22)
Both (n = 7)
Total (n = 87)
value†
No.
%
No.
%
No.
%
No.
%
Age
<20 years
7
43.8
8
50.0
1
6.3
16
18.4
0.065
20–40 years
33
66.0
12
24.0
5
10.0
50
57.5
>40 years
18
85.7
2
9.5
1
4.8
21
24.1
Gender
Males
51
68.9
18
24.3
5
6.8
74
85.1
0.492
Females
7
53.8
4
30.8
2
15.4
13
14.9
Day of admission
Weekday
34
58.6
17
29.3
7
12.1
58
66.7
0.014
Weekend
24
82.8
5
17.2
0
0.0
29
33.3
Hospital stay
<10 days
16
27.6
10
45.5
2
28.6
28
32.2
0.488
10–20 days
21
36.2
4
18.2
2
28.6
27
31.0
>20 days
21
36.2
8
36.4
3
42.9
32
36.8
Discharge category
Expired
8
13.8
0
0.0
0
0.0
8
9.2
0.041
Home
49
84.5
22
0.0
6
85.7
77
88.5
Transferred
1
1.7
0
0.0
1
14.3
2
2.3
Admission to intensive care unit
No
49
64.5
20
26.3
7
9.2
76
87.4
0.580
Yes
9
81.8
2
18.2
0
0.0
11
12.6
Traumatic spinal cord injury
No
52
66.7
19
24.4
7
9.0
78
89.7
0.802
Yes:
6
66.7
3
33.3
0
0.0
9
10.3
†Based on the likelihood-ratio chi-square statistic. < 0.05 is significant.
