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Table 5 Operative management and complication

From: Epidemiological characteristics and comparative outcome of blast versus gunshot injuries of the extremities in Somalia

Variable

No. of patients/%

Mechanism of injury

P-value

95% CI

OR

GSW (n = 222)

BW (n = 111)

Operation

   

0.001

0.698–1.253

0.935

Debridement with direct closure or definitive fixation

156 (46.8%)

111 (50%)

45 (40.5%)

Debridement with external fixation

86 (25.8%)

59 (26.6%)

27 (24.3%)

Reoperations or secondary reconstruction

26 (7.8%)

10 (4.5%)

16 (14.4%)

Primary amputations

35 (10.5%)

17 (7.7%)

18 (16.2%)

Soft tissue reconstruction with fixation

2 (0.6%)

0 (0%)

2 (1.8%)

Revascularization with fixation

28 (8.4%)

25 (11.3%)

3 (2.7%)

Infection

   

0.09

0.449–2.040

0.957

Yes

72 (21.6%)

42 (18.9%)

30 (27%)

No

261 (78.4%)

180 (81.1%)

81 (73%)

Secondary amputation

   

1.0

0.117–3.062

0.597

Yes

12 (3.6%)

8 (3.6%)

4 (3.6%)

No

321 (96.4%)

214 (96.4%)

107 (96.4%)

Compartment

   

0.08

0.451–41.857

4.347

Yes

11 (3.3%)

10 (4.5%)

1 (0.9%)

No

322 (96.7%)

212 (95.5%)

110 (99.1%)