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Table 2 Complications after surgical fixation based on the presence and severity of chest wall injury

From: Complications of clavicle fracture surgery in patients with concomitant chest wall injury: a retrospective study

Variable

Group

p-value

No-CWI (n = 226)

CWI (n = 90)

Minor-CWI (n = 36)

Complex-CWI (n = 54)

Complications

 Overall

31 (13.7%)

16 (17.8%)

4 (11.1%)

12 (22.2%)

0.35

 Surgery-related

28 (12.4%)

6 (6.7%)

2 (5.6%)

4 (7.4%)

0.29

  Union-related

7 (3.1%)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0.13

  Implant-related

18 (8.0%)

5 (5.6%)

1 (2.7%)

4 (7.4%)

0.65

  Wound/Infection

3 (1.3%)

1 (1.1%)

1 (2.7%)

0 (0)

0.70

Unplanned readmission

 30-day

4 (1.8%)

5 (5.6%)

0 (0)

5 (9.3%)

0.02

 90-day

10 (4.4%)

9 (10.0%)

2 (5.6%)

7 (13.0%)

0.082

  1. Overall complications include surgery-related complications and unplanned readmission
  2. Union related complications included nonunion or delayed union
  3. Subgroup analysis showed complex CWI group had significantly higher rate of unplanned 30- and 90-day readmission than no-CWI group (p-value = 0.005 and 0.018, respectively) (Additional file 1: Table S2)
  4. CWI chest wall injury