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- Table 1
Demographics and injury distributions of treatment groups
Population Ligation (n=394) Repair (n=820) P value Gender (% male) 90.5 88.6 0.3 Age (years) 29±11 30±13 0.14 ISS 16±9 15±9 0.16 SBP (%<90 mm Hg) 27.6 24.7 0.36 Heart rate (beats per minute) 111±29 106±28 0.01 Glasgow Coma Scale 13±4 13±4 0.31 Mechanism (% blunt) 14.1 24.6 0.0001 Iliac vein injury count (%) 139 (35) 222 (27) <0.001 Femoral vein injury count (%) 168 (43) 383 (47) Popliteal vein injury count (%) 51 (13) 163 (20) Distal vein injury count (%) 36 (9) 52 (63) Means listed with SD. Percentages of injury location are based on columns. Significant p values bolded.
ISS, injury severity score; SBP, Systolic Blood Pressure on Presentation.
- Table 2
Comparison of DVT and PE rates based on anatomic location
Vein Procedure DVT (%) OR 95% CI PE (%) OR 95% CI Iliac Ligation (n=139) 8.6 0.63 0.32 to 1.28 0.7 0.31 0.04 to 2.73 Repair (n=222) 13.1 2.3 Femoral Ligation (n=168) 13.1 1.37 0.78 to 2.39 1.3 2.3 0.45 to 11.32 Repair (n=383) 9.9 0.8 Popliteal Ligation (n=51) 3.9 0.38 0.08 to 1.69 0 – – Repair (n=163) 9.8 0 Distal Ligation (n=36) 5.6 0.71 0.12 to 4.08 0 0 – Repair (n=52) 7.7 1.9 Total Ligation (n=394) 9.6 0.9 0.6 to 1.34 1 0.69 0.19 to 2.57 Repair (n=820) 10.6 1.1 DVT, deep vein thrombosis; PE, pulmonary embolism.
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