Efficiency Analysis of Direct Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery in Elderly Patients with Blunt Traumatic Hemothorax without an Initial Thoracostomy

Table 1

Demographic analysis of elderly patients with blunt chest trauma ().

Mean age (yr.), SD	75.22, SD = 7.61
% males	64 (82.1%)
Mechanisms of injury
Motorcyclist	45
Vehicle driver or passenger	3
Fall accident	16
Cyclist or pedestrian	12
Abuse	2
Anatomic injury score (AIS) of thoracic injury	3.41, SD = 0.57
Associated injuries
% head injury	36 (46.2%)
% abdominal injury	14 (17.9%)
% extremity injury	55 (70.5%)
Multiple trauma	64 (82.1%)
Median ISS	18.38, SD = 7.57
ICU length of stay (days)	8.81, SD = 7.68
In-hospital length of stay (days)	21.87, SD = 16.03
Expense (new Taiwan dollars, NTD)	177,204.41, SD = 142,656.56
Mortality	4 (5.1%)

ISS: injury severity score; VATS: video-assisted thoracoscopy.