Comparison of Fatal Injuries Resulting from Tractor and High Speed Motorcycle Accidents in Turkey: A Multicenter Study

Table 3

Computerized tomography imaging findings.

	Tractor	Motorcycle	P
	(n=88)	(n=339)
	n (%)	n (%)
Cranial CT
Normal	74 (84.1)	301 (88.8)	0.230
Linear fracture	2 (2.3)	9 (2.7)
Compression fracture	1 (1.1)	2 (0.6)
Subarachnoid hemorrhage	7 (8)	8 (2.4)
Subdural hemorrhage	-	4 (1.2)
Epidural hemorrhage	-	7 (2.1)
Concussion	4 (4.5)	5 (1.5)
Skull base	-	2 (0.6)
Skin laceration	-	1 (0.3)
Facial CT
Normal	78 (88.6)	313 (92.3)	0.266
Single bone fracture	5 (5.7)	17 (5)
Multiple bone fracture	3 (3.4)	8 (2.4)
Other	2 (2.3)	1 (0.3)
Thoracic CT
Normal	68 (77.3)	311 (91.7)	<0.001
Pneumothorax	12 (13.6)	11 (3.2)
Hemothorax	1 (1.1)	13 (3.8)
Rib fracture	17 (19.3)	21 (6.2)
Hemopneumothorax	3 (3.4)	0 (0)
Contusion	6 (6.8)	5 (1.5)
Flail chest	1 (1.1)	0 (0)
Large vessel injury	-	6 (1.8)
Abdominal CT
Normal	80 (90.9)	329 (97.1)	0.011
Hepatic injury	3 (3.4)	1 (0.3)
Splenic injury	2 (2.3)	4 (1.2)
Hollow organ injury	1 (1.1)	3 (0.9)
Intra-abdominal hemorrhage	1 (1.1)	1 (0.3)
Renal injury	-	1 (0.3)
Other	1 (1.1)	0 (0)
Pelvic CT
Normal	81 (92)	328 (96.8)	0.050
Single bone fracture	2 (2.3)	4 (1.2)
Multiple bone fracture	4 (4.5)	7 (2.1)
Acetabulum fracture	1 (1.1)	0 (0)
Spinal CT
Normal	75 (85.2)	327 (96.5)	<0.001
Vertebral fracture	13 (14.8)	12 (3.5)
Extremity CT
Normal	47 (53.4)	110 (32.4)	<0.001
Single long bone fracture	9 (10.2)	35 (10.3)
Multiple long bone fracture	4 (4.5)	17 (5)
Other fracture	4 (4.5)	21 (6.2)
Neurovascular injury	1 (1.1)	2 (0.6)
Muscle-tendon injury	2 (2.3)	6 (1.8)
Superficial injury	21 (23.9)	148 (43.7)

CT, computerized tomography.