Surgical treatment ofpatients with severe non-flail chest rib fractures

Table 1 Comparison of clinical data between the two groups of patients, n (%)

Clinical information	Surgery group (n = 39)	Conservative group (n = 39)	P value
Sex			0.071
Male	28	29
Female	11	10
Age	48.7 (9.6)	50.2 (10.1)	0.059
Rib fracture (root)	5.1 (1.3)	4.9 (1.2)	0.057
Rib fracture	5.6 (1.4)	5.4 (1.4)	0.054
Chest associated injury			0.065
Pulmonary contusion	27	25
Simple blood chest	15	14
Blood pneumothorax	8	6
Average chest cumulative AIS1	3	3	0.985
Chest injury2			0.073
Clavicle and upper limb fracture	5	5
Mild brain injury	2	3
Hepatic contusion	1	1
Spleen contusion	0	1
Tobacco use	16	15	0.075

¹Chest cumulative abbreviated injury scale (AIS) refers to the sum of the AIS scores on the chest.

²Mild brain injury indicates a score of 13-15 points on the Glasgow Coma scale. The remaining abbreviated injury scale scores were ≤ 2 points. AIS: Abbreviated injury scale.