Randomized, controlled, two-arm, interventional, multicenter study on risk-adapted damage control orthopedic surgery of femur shaft fractures in multiple-trauma patients

Table 2 Primary and secondary endpoints

	n = 17 patients with fixateur externe				n = 16 patients with nail				p value
	mean	median	SD	range	mean	median	SD	range	p value
Maximal SOFA score	8.7	9	3.8	1-20	9.6	9.5	5.1	2-20	0.510
Cumulative SOFA score	112.4	84	118.8	2-517	113.8	51	166.6	4-544	0.254
Transfusion requirements during surgery (packed red blood cells)	4.7	2	4.8	0-16	6.6	4	6.1	0-17	0.350
ICU length of stay (days)	21.8	20	13.9	3-54	12.38	9.5	9.9	2-40	0.037
Days of ventilation	15.0	15	9.6	0-28	8.6	6	7.9	1-28	0.049
In-hospital length of stay (days)	32.3	28	20.2	6-84	30.2	26.5	18.2	3-77	1.0

SD, standard deviation, SOFA sepsis-related organ failure assessment, ICU intensive care unit

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