Outcomes
| Surgical and patient outcomes | All patients n=21 |
| Mean time from hospital presentation to surgery±SD, median, range (days) | 3±1.9, 2, 0–7 |
| Mean operative time±SD, median, range (min) | 221.7±77.8, 199, 98–397 |
| Epidural yes, n (%) | 17 (81) |
| # of ribs plated, average±mean, median, range | 2.2±1.1, 2, 0–5 |
| # of patients who underwent concurrent hemothorax evacuation, n (%) | 14 (67) |
| # of chest tubes after surgery average±mean, median | 1.35±0.5, 1 |
| Duration in days for chest tube postsurgery average±mean, median | 4.5±2.2, 4 |
| Total # admitted to ICU, n (%) | 14 (67) |
| Total ICU days average±mean, median, range | 6.6±2.9, 4–16 |
| Total # intubated at the time of rib fixation, n (%) | 1 (5) |
| Ventilator days average±mean, median, range | 3.7±1.5, 3.5 |
| Total hospital days average±mean, median, range | 11±3.7, 11, 6–24 |
ICU, intensive care unit.