Clinical efficacy and psychological influence of lateral rectus approach for treating pelvic fracture with lumbosacral plexus injury

Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics of 136 patients

Variable	Patients (n = 136)	Percentage (%)
Sex
Male	92	67.65
Female	44	32.35
Age (year)	48.02 ± 15.72	/
Age (year)	16-69	/
Young-Burgess
APC	21	15.44
LC	35	25.74
VS	62	45.59
CM	28	20.59
Lower extremity motor dysfunction
Yes	136	100.00
No	0	0.00
BMRC
M0	136	100.00
Mode of operation
Lateral approach to rectus abdominis	136	100.00
Operation time (min)	65-224	/
Operation time (min)	98 ± 35.27	/
Intraoperative blood loss (mL)	240-2760	/
Average blood loss (mL)	550 ± 302.03	/

APC: Anteroposterior compression; LC: Lateral compression; VS: Vertical shear; CM: Combined mechanism; BMRC: British Medical Research Council. M0: No Muscle Contraction.

Table 2 Comparison of anxiety and depression scores

Group	Before operation	After operation	P value
SAS	66.36 ± 5.15	42.15 ± 4.36	< 0.001
SDS	65.61 ± 5.02	43.83 ± 4.54	< 0.001

SAS: Self-rating Anxiety Scale; SDS: Self-rating Depression Scale.

Table 3 Postoperative muscle strength recovery

Group	Old fracture (n = 93)	Fresh fracture (n = 43)	P value
Grade M0	4	8	0.002
Grade M1-M4	22	16
Grade M5	67	19