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Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics of patient groupings

From: Evaluating the retro-auricular incision versus reversed question mark incision and Kempe's 'T-bar' incision for decompressive hemicraniectomy

Variable

RQM (n = 80)

RA (n = 50)

Kempe (n = 50)

P value

Age (M ± SD)

45 ± 10.5

42 ± 12.2

50 ± 8.3

0.73

Sex (males)

N (%)

(40) 50%

(23) 46%

(26) 52%

0.98

Comorbidity: N (%)

    

HTN

(42) 52.5%

(23) 46%

(21) 42%

0.62

DM

(16) 20%

(12) 24%

(13) 26%

0.81

Obesity

(12) 15%

(8) 16%

(11) 22%

0.13

Smoking

(10) 12.5%

(7) 14%

(5) 10%

0.27

Causes N (%)

    

Infarction

(14) 17.5%

(8) 16%

(9) 18%

0.12

Trauma

(48) 60%

(28) 56%

(29) 58%

0.78

IPH

(16) 20%

(11) 22%

(10) 20%

0.65

SDE

(2) 2.5%

(3) 6%

(2) 4%

0.23

  1. HTN: hypertension; DM: diabetes mellitus; IPH: intraparenchymal hemorrhage; SDH: subdural hematoma; SAH: subarachnoid hemorrhage; CVA: cerebrovascular accident. The values in bold are statistically significant