Flail Chest in Polytraumatized Patients: Surgical Fixation Using Stracos Reduces Ventilator Time and Hospital Stay

Table 2

Postmanagement data in 20 patients.

	Medical group; ()	Surgical group; ()	in univariate analysis	in multivariate analysis^(1)
ICU stay (days)	12.3 ± 8.5	9.0 ± 4.3	0.421	0.076
Ventilator time (hours)	141.6 ± 224.4	73.5 ± 124.7	0.699	0.026^∗
Total hospital stay (days)	32.3 ± 19.3	21.7 ± 7.8	0.250	0.024^∗
Pulmonary infection (, %)	3   30%	4   40%	1
Number of Stracos	—	3.3 ± 0.6 [2–6]	—
Diaphragmatic break	—	3	—

Multivariate analysis by analysis of covariance adjusted on prognosis factors (ISS, RTS, and TRISS) and taking into account the matching. ^∗Significant value.