Super elderly SSRF cohort
| ≥85 years of age | N=5 |
| Age, average±SD, median, range | 90.8±4.7, 90, 86–98 |
| Gender—female, n (%) | 4 (80) |
| ISS average±mean | 11±3 |
| Mechanism of injury fall, n (%) | 5 (100) |
| Subcutaneous emphysema, yes, n (%) | 1 (20) |
| HTX (quantify), n (%) | |
| Trace | 1 (20) |
| Small | 1 (20) |
| Moderate | 2 (40) |
| Large | 1 (20) |
| PTX (quantify), n (%) | |
| None | 2 (40) |
| Trace | 1 (20) |
| Moderate | 1 (20) |
| Large | 1 (20) |
| Chest tube before surgery, n (%) | 2 (40) |
| # of rib fractures, average±mean, median, range | 4±1.1, 4, 2–5 |
| # of ribs bicortically displaced, average±mean, median, range | 1±1.1, 1, 0–3 |
| Rib clicking present, n (%) | 3 (60) |
| Met Pieracci/Dobin indication, n (%) | 4 (80) |
| Epidural yes, n (%) | 4 (80) |
| # of ribs plated, average±mean, median, range | 2.4±0.8, 2, 2–4 |
| Number of chest tubes after surgery average±mean, median, range | 1.4±0.5, 1 |
| Duration in days for chest tube postsurgery average±mean, median | 3.4±1.7, 3 |
| Total # admitted to ICU, n (%) | 4 (80) |
| Total ICU days average±mean | 5.8±1.5, 5.5, 4–8 |
| Total hospital days average±mean, median, range | 9.4±2, 10, 6–12 |
| Mortality, n (%) | 0 (0) |
| Discharged to skilled nursing facility, n (%) | 5 (100) |
HTX, hemothorax; ICU, intensive care unit; ISS, injury severity score; PTX, pneumothorax; SSRF, surgical stabilization of rib fracture.