Table 3 Mortality. The mortality rates among all groups are indicated. bsTT: bilateral soft tissue trauma; Ctrl: healthy animals without intervention; Fx: osteotomy and external fixation; HS: hemorrhagic shock; Lap: midline laparotomy; MT: multiple trauma (TxT + HS + Lap + bsTT); PT: polytrauma (PT I: TxT + HS + Fx and PT II: TxT + HS + Fx + Lap); Sham: surgical procedures without trauma; TxT: thoracic trauma.

From: Traumatic injury pattern is of equal relevance as injury severity for experimental (poly)trauma modeling

Group

Total size (n)

Mortality (n)

Mortality (%)

Control

15

0

0

Sham

15

0

0

Fx

16

0

0

Lap

16

0

0

HS

15

2

13

TxT

18

4

22

bSTT

16

0

0

PT I

18

4

22

PT II

18

4

22

MT

18

4

22