Table 4 Surgical care and in-hospital mortality for patients treated at ICRC’s hospitals in Peshawar and Goma
Surgical care and in-hospital morality | Peshawar Total = 657 | Goma Total = 177 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n (% of total) | Mean (SD) | n (% of total) | Mean (SD) | P value | |
Surgical procedure under anesthesiaa | |||||
Craniotomy | 21 (3.2) | 2 (1.1) | 0.195 | ||
Thoracotomy | 8 (1.2) | 0 | 0.214 | ||
Chest-tube | 67 (10.2) | 9 (5.1) | 0.039 | ||
Laparotomy | 82 (12.5) | 14 (7.9) | 0.111 | ||
Peri. vasc. Repair | 31 (4.7) | 4 (2.3) | 0.148 | ||
Arm-amputation | 11 (1.7) | 3 (1.7) | 1 | ||
Leg-amputation | 34 (5.2) | 5 (2.8) | 0.122 | ||
Any amputation | 38 (5.8) | 0.06 (0.23) | 8 (4.5) | 0.05 (0.21) | 0.513d |
Any frac. surgeryb | 157 (23.9) | 0.24 (0.43) | 18 (10.2) | 0.10 (0.30) | < 0.001d |
Any soft tissue surgeryc | 608 (92.5) | 0.93 (0.26) | 170 (96.0) | 0.96 (0.20) | 0.098d |
Any type of procedure | 637 (97.0) | 0.97 (0.17) | 168 (94.9) | 0.95 (0.22) | 0.188d |
Blood transfusion | 0.19 (0.56) | 0.34 (1.19) | 0.521d | ||
0 units | 543 (82.6) | 153 (86.4) | 0.356 | ||
1–2 | 75 (11.4) | 15 (8.5) | 0.278 | ||
≥ 3 | 34 (5.2) | 9 (5.1) | 1 | ||
Unknown | 5 (0.8) | 0 | 0.590 | ||
In-hospital mortality | 0.03 (0.16) | 0.02 (0.13) | 0.431d | ||
No | 639 (97.3) | 174 (98.3) | |||
Yes | 18 (2.7) | 3 (1.7) | |||