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"Degloving and Severe Upper Extremity Injuries in Motor Vehicle Crashes Involving Partial Ejection" Seattle CIREN University of Washington, Harborview Medical Center, Seattle WA Kaufman R., Blanar L., Bulger E. – Seattle CIREN, UW, HMC Lipira A., Friedrickson J. – Harborview Medical Center Mastrioanni S., Nelson M. – Seattle CIREN

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"Degloving and Severe Upper Extremity Injuries in Motor Vehicle Crashes 

Involving Partial Ejection"

Seattle CIRENUniversity of Washington, Harborview Medical Center, Seattle WA

Kaufman R., Blanar L., Bulger E. – Seattle CIREN, UW, HMCLipira A., Friedrickson J. – Harborview Medical CenterMastrioanni S., Nelson M. – Seattle CIREN

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Upper Extremity (UE) Partial Ejection in Motor Vehicle Crashes (MVC) 

• Noted as an ‘arm‐ or hand‐out‐window’ phenomenon 

• Upper extremity partial ejection in MVCs can result in contact to exterior objects, including the ground in rollovers, which can result in severe degloving type injuries

• These severe injuries result in devastating and long‐lasting consequencesJ Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2013 Feb;74(2):687‐91. Vehicle factors and outcomes associated with hand‐out‐window motor vehicle collisions.  Bakker A1, Moseley J, Friedrich J.

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Partial Ejection Mitigation• Seatbelts are 99.8% effective at preventing complete ejections, but only 38% effective in preventing partial ejections in rollover crashes

• Side‐curtain airbags (SABs) can reduced and mitigated risk of partial ejection 

• BUT, most partial ejection research focuses on head or thoracic injuries

• Partial ejection of the upper extremity (UE) remains a highly morbid mechanism of upper extremity injury in motor vehicle collisions

References:1. Bakker, A., Moseley, J. & Friedrich, J. Vehicle factors and outcomes associated with hand‐out‐window motor vehicle collisions. Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery 74, 687–691 (2013).2. Ball, C. G., Rozycki, G. S. & Feliciano, D. V. Upper Extremity Amputations After Motor Vehicle Rollovers. The Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection, and Critical Care 67, 410–412 (2009).3. Nikitins, M. D., Ibrahim, S. & Cooter, R. D. Injury to arms protruding through vehicle windows. Hand Surg 8, 75–79 (2003).4. Harris, C. N. & Wood, V. E. Rollover injuries of the upper extremity. The Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection, and Critical Care 18, 605–607 (1978).5. Funk, JR, Cormier JM, Bain CE, Wirth JL, Bonugli EB, Watson RA – Factors affecting ejection risk in rollover crashes. AAAM 2012;56:203‐11

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Severe Upper Extremity Injury           due to Partial Ejection 

• Research has been limited to small studies from single centers– No national‐level studies

• Research has generally been limited in evaluating injury and crash details of partial ejection. 

• Research objectives: – to evaluate severe UE injuries in relation to partial ejection 

– examine role of side curtain bags in prevention of UE severe injuries (and in turn, evaluate overall partial ejection prevention).

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Treatment of Severe Soft Tissue Degloving Injuries

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Contents

• Definition • Causes• Classifications• Treatments/Procedures• Case Studies

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Definition (Severe degloving soft tissue injury)

• Result of shearing force applied to skin surfaces• Separation of skin and subcutaneous tissues from underlying muscle and fascia leads to the creation of a space allowing for accumulation of fluid

• Shearing forces disrupt and perforate vessels at the fascial level which may lead to skin necrosis(death)

• Frequently associated with fractures and other life and limb threatening injuries. 

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Mechanism of Severe Soft Tissue Injuries

• Injury occurs during ejection in a motor vehicle crash, or when a patient is thrown across a fixed surface

• Entrapment between a fixed surface and a moving object– arm exiting vehicle contacting ground or trapped between vehicle exterior and ground

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• Pattern 1 ‐Abrasion/Avulsion– Loss of tissue as a result of abrasive force; little undermining of 

remaining skin edges• Pattern 2 ‐Non‐circumferential degloving

– Majority of skin is still present either as a flap or as an area of extensive undermining

• Pattern 3 ‐Circumferential single plane– Either open or closed‐confined to a single plane(between deep 

fascia, subcutaneous fat and skin)• Pattern 4 ‐ Circumferential multi‐plane degloving

– Pattern # 3 plus breach of muscle groups or muscle and periosteum

Classifications for Severe Soft Tissue Injury

Arnez, Z.M. & Khan, U. (2010). Classification of soft tissue degloving in limb trauma. Journal of plastic and reconstructive surgery, 63,1865‐1869.

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Treatments and Procedures• Conservative

– Subcutaneous hematoma and dead fat is removed followed by drainage and pressure dressings

– Injured muscle not directly inspected– May hide compartment or crush syndrome

• Surgical– Serial excisions prior to reconstruction– Potential for bone desiccation and infection

• Negative Pressure Wound Therapy– Wound VAC

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Negative Pressure Wound Therapy

• Wound VAC– Treatment of acute and chronic wounds– Contaminated wounds, burns, infiltrations, envenomations, grafts, failed operations

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Negative Pressure Wound Therapy• Wound VAC

– Open degloving injuries• Primary treatment • Secondary treatment‐ Temporary wound cover; Serve as a bridge to reconstruction; improves graft success

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Length of Stay for Severe Soft Tissue injuries

• Required hospitalization for long periods• Involved multiple and repeat surgeries• Graft procedures fail, repeated• In some severe cases an extremity may require amputation

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Severe Soft Tissue Upper Extremity CIREN Case Studies

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Case Study #1

• 45 year old male status post side impact of car versus light pole.  Patient found to have right pneumothorax, pulseless right upper extremity with degloving injury to right shoulder, right 1‐5 rib fractures, open right humerus fracture and radio/ulnar fractures 

• Angiography revealed a right brachial artery transection versus a complete occlusion

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Case Study #1 ‐Scene

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Case Study #1 ‐Vehicle

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Case Study #1 ‐ Injury Diagram

Case # ‐

Right Rib fractures 1‐5 (with pnuemothorax)

Displaced Right radius and ulna fractures

Open humerusshaft fracture

Large lacerations and large avulsion/deglovingof the shoulder /arm musculature with transection of the pectoralis major muscle, transection of the brachial artery leading to tissue ischemia

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Operations/Procedures• Day 1‐OR #1

– Part 1:Repair of right brachial artery with interposition bypass graft using reverse left greater saphenous vein

– Part 2: Open reduction and internal fixation of right both bone forearm fracture, irrigation and debridement(I&D)  of open right forearm fracture

– Part 3: Open reduction and internal fixation of right humerus fracture

• Day 3‐OR #2– I & D right humeral shaft fracture & right forearm fracture.  Application of wound closure device, delayed primary closure

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Operations/Procedures cont.• Day 6‐OR #3

– I & D right humerus & right forearm, wound VAC change• Day 8‐OR #4

– I & D right humerus & right forearm, wound VAC change• Day 11‐OR #5

– I & D right humerus & right forearm, wound VAC change, Dressing change

• Day 15‐OR #6– I & D right humerus & right forearm, application of wound VAC to right upper extremity from wrist to axilla

• Day 19‐OR #7– I & D right humerus & right forearm, wound VAC change

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Operations/Procedures• Day 22‐OR #8

– I & D right humerus & right forearm, wound VAC change• Day 25‐OR #9

– Ligation of previous right axillo‐brachial bypass graft secondary to blowout of graft and subsequent hemorrhage

• Day 26‐OR #10– Open through elbow amputation

• Day 28‐OR #11– I & D right upper extremity

• Day 30‐OR #12– I & D right upper extremity including debridement, 

subcutaneous tissue, bone and muscle

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Operations/Procedures cont.

• Day 32 OR # 13– Extend right elbow amputation to right shoulder disarticulation, excision of residual and infected bypass graft of the right arm, resection of chest wall wounds and rotation of large fascio‐cutaneous flap to the defect of the shoulder and chest wall

• Discharged on Day 37

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• ICU days: 1• Ventilation days: 1 • LOS: 37 days• Acute Healthcare only costs: $264,769.90 

– Does not include professional fees, radiology

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Case Study #2• 36 year old belted female who was involved in a low speed motor vehicle collision and rollover.  Patient reported that she had her left arm out of the window when she was hit on the passenger side and rolled to the driver side.

• Patient found to have left ulnar styloid fracture and extensive left forearm/hand avulsion injury– No other injuries

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Case Study 2 ‐ Scene/Vehicle• Case vehicle 

– 2004 compact utility vehicle• Far‐side & Rollover (2 quarter turn to 

left• Objects struck

– V2 (2006 Chrysler Sebring) & the ground• Daylight, Clear, Dry

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Case Study 2 ‐ Occupant/Impact

• PDOF = Non‐Horizontal (Event #2)• CDC – 00LDEO01• Delta V 

– Damage Severity = Minor

• Driver• Female• 36yrs.• 5’2”, 220 lbs• Normal posture• Restraint Use = Manual lap/shoulder 

belt (seat belt retractor pretensionerdid not actuate); no air bag deployments

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Arm ‐ partial ejection evidence

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External Injury

Case # ‐

Left comminuted fracture of the distal ulna.

Left degloving injury of the forearm and hand

Extensor tendon avulsion

Left thumb abrasion

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Operations/Procedures• Day 2‐OR #1

– Irrigation and debridement(I&D) of left forearm avulsion injury including skin, subcutaneous tissue, muscle, and bone‐approximately 400 sq. cm. 

– Exploration of median and ulnar nerves in forearm• Day 5‐OR #2

– I & D left forearm with application of wound VAC• Day 7‐OR #3

– I & D left forearm with wound VAC change• Day 10‐OR #4

– Left forearm and dorsal hand debridement including skin, subcutaneous tissue, and muscle; wound VAC change

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Operations/Procedures cont.• Day 14

– OR #5• I & D left dorsal forearm including skin & subcutaneous tissue; wound VAC change

• Day 21– OR #6

• Preparation of wound bed for left dorsal forearm and hand, 400 sq. cm., in anticipation of a split thickness skin graft

• Application of split thickness(sheet) graft, 400 sq. cm., to left dorsal forearm and hand

• Day 24 ‐ Discharged

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• ICU days: 0• Ventilation days: 0• LOS: 24 days• Acute Healthcare only costs: $134,191.48

– Does not include professional fees, radiology

Case Study #2

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Case Study # 3

• 22 year old restrained male driver who lost control of his car impacted a wall, and rolled.  There was a prolonged extrication and he was noted to have his right arm trapped beneath the car and the ground out of the sunroof.  

• He was found to have a right forearm degloving injury, 120 sq. cm., 20 cm. laceration, and right distal ulnar fracture

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Case Study #3• Case vehicle 

– 2005 (4‐door sedan)• Near‐side, Rollover on to roof• Objects struck

– Concrete block wall & ground (rollover)• Dark, rainy, wet roadways

• Male driver• 22 yrs.• 6’3”, 220 lbs

– Seated height =  34”/86cms• Manual lap/shoulder belt• Airbag status = Side impact and curtain air bag 

deployments

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Impacts

VEHICLE #2

VEHICLE #1

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Exterior 

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Contacts

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External Injury

Case # ‐

Right distal ulna fracture

Right forearm degloving injury and lacerations

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Operations/Procedures• Day 1

– OR #1• Irrigation and Debridement (I&D) of right forearm degloving injury including skin, subcutaneous tissue, and muscle

• Repair and closure of 20 cm laceration• Removal of foreign bodies• Open reduction and internal fixation of right ulnar fracture

• Day 5‐OR #2– I & D of right forearm including skin, subcutaneous tissue, and 

muscle– Delayed primary closure of 8 cm of laceration

• Day 12‐OR # 3– I & D of right forearm, split thickness skin grafting, wound VAC 

application• Discharged Day 16

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• ICU days: 0• Ventilation days: 0• LOS: 16 days• Acute Healthcare only costs : $231,000.00

– Does not include professional fees, radiology

Case Study # 3

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Research Methods• Data source: NASS CDS• 1993‐2012 (20 years)• Passenger vehicles• Outboard seats only (11, 13, 21, 23, 31, 33)• Age 14 and above• Three‐point belt used

• Sub‐analysis of side airbag deployment:– 2000‐2012– MY 2000‐2012– Outboard seats only (11, 13, 21, 23, only)– Three‐point belt, and not belted

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Upper extremity definition

• Body region information is determined by the first digit of the AIS code (body region=7)

• Upper extremities injuries were included if AISwas greater than or equal to 2 along with finger amputations, joint dislocations and finger fractures (AIS 1).

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For upper extremity (all injuries are AIS>2 unless otherwise specified:

Severe soft tissue injury refers to: amputations (excluding fingers AIS 1), deglovings, crush injuries

Moderate soft tissue injury refers to: skin lacerations, avulsions Functional structure injury refers to: artery and vein lacerations, nerve lacerations, 

muscle avulsions Shoulder joint injury refers to: shoulder joint subluxation (possible AIS 1), 

dislocation, acromioclavicular joint subluxation (possible AIS 1), dislocation, Upper arm fracture refers to: humerus fracture, unspecified arm fracture Elbow joint injury  refers to: elbow joint dislocations (possible AIS 1) Forearm facture refers to: radius fracture, ulna fracture, forearm fracture Hand injury refers to: unspecified hand fracture,  carpus fracture, metacarpus 

fracture, phalange fracture (AIS 1), carpal joint dislocation (possible AIS 1), and finger/thumb amputations

Compartment syndrome:  compartment syndrome to the arm, forearm, or hand

• Note that the following injuries are AIS >2 but are not included in the analysis of upper extremity injures: Clavicle fracture, Scapula fracture, Joint capsule injury, Sternoclavicular joint 

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Analysis• Primarily descriptive statistics and chi‐squared test to determine differences between groups. 

• To evaluate partial ejection prevention associated with side curtain airbag deployment, a logistic regression model was used – First univariate– Then adjusted for belt use, delta V– Nearside and rollover

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Population demographicsGroup N Rounded Annual 

Mean N‡Percent (%)*

TotalPopulation** 24,102,898 1,200,000 100Belted 16,744,426 850,000 69.5Driver 13,444,984 650,000 80.3†Frontpassenger 2,785,513 140,000 16.6†Other 513,929 25,705 3.0†

PartiallyEjected 235,341 12,000 0.98BeltedandPartiallyEjected

102,123 5,000 0.59†

UpperExtremity(UE)Injuries

918,466 46,000 3.81

BeltedUEInjuries 520,649 26,000 3.11†Rollover 2,865,235 150,000 11.95

‡ Average occurrences per year, 1993‐2012 (N divided by 20)* Percent of total population (24,102,898) unless otherwise noted** Outboard occupants, age 14 years or older† Percent of all belted occupants (16,744,426)

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Upper Extremity Injury Groups (Occupant level)All(N=24,102,898) Belted(N=16,744,426)

UEInjuryGroup N % N %

Severesofttissueinjury 16,736 0.070 8,175 0.049

Moderatesofttissueinjury

10744 0.040 8,731 0.052

Compartmentsyndrome

44,962 0.190 30,266 0.180

Functionalstructureinjury

9059 0.038 4,127 0.025

Shoulderjointinjury 88,111 0.370 48,706 0.290

Upperarmfracture 196,539 0.820 86,141 0.510

Elbowjointinjury 20,885 0.090 10,368 0.062

Forearmfracture 383,059 1.590 215,308 1.290

Handinjury 321,264 1.330 205,358 1.230

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Occupant partial ejection and UE injury

Total UE injury

UE injury (%)

Noejection 16,625,163 501,620 3.0

Partialejection 102,123 16,547 16.0

Completeejection

5334 986 18.5

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Severe Soft Tissue Injury (SSTI) Breakdown, mechanism (belted)

Contact with Ground or External Objects

All* Partial Ejection**Amputation 29% 67%

CrushInjury 57% 79%DeglovingInjury

44% 70%

AllSSTIs 46% 73%SSTI = severe soft tissue injury*Percent of all injury type resulting from contact with ground or external objects**Percent of all injury type in partial ejection resulting from contact with ground or external objects

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Partial ejection w/ specific UE injury types

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Occupant partial ejection (PE), belted, all crash types w/ UE injury by vehicle body type

Total PartialEjection(PE)

PEwithUE

Injury

%PE* %ofPEwithUEInjury**

Passengercar 11,300,918 40,162 5359 0.35% 13.6%SUV 434,351 2,338 1376 0.54% 58.9%Minivan/van‐basedlighttruck

1,251,143 10,198 260 0.77% 2.6%

Pickuptruck 1,809,937 25,856 3804 1.44% 14.7%Otherlighttruck 14,205 506 0 3.62% 0.0%

*Percent of group with partial ejection. Chi‐squared: P =0.0009** Percent of partially ejected occupants with UE injury

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Partial ejections (belted occupants)   by Primary Crash Type

Principle crash type Total PE % PE*Front 9,376,921 13,293 0.14%Rear 1,609,512 10,507 0.69%Rollover 1,407,023 49,882 3.50%Nearside 1,836,783 22,447 1.22%Farside 1,416,343 3535 0.25%Total 15,646,582 99,804 0.64%*Percent of group with partial ejection. Chi‐squared: P <0.0001

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Primary crash type in partial ejection with UE and SSTI injury

Total UEinjury

%UEinjury

SSTI %SSTI %DegloveInjury

Front 13214 3757 28.9% 1367 10.5% 4.8%Rear 10508 509 4.6% 110 1.0% 0.9%Rollover 49627 8627 17.6% 3046 6.2% 3.0%Nearside 21852 1852 8.4% 84 0.4% 0.2%Farside 3535 1053 29.8% 198 5.6% 2.9%Total 98,736 15,798 16.0% 4,805 4.9% 2.4%

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Primary crash type in upper extremity injury groups in partial ejection

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Ejection paths in UE injury Groups

WindshieldLeftfront

Rightfront

Leftrear

Rightrear

Rear Roof Other

Severesofttissueinjury*

(stat.signif)173 2,278 664 43 268 0 1,412 0

UEinjury 211 11,633 2,116 153 268 112 1,582 33

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Partial ejection paths in rollover by quarter turns (Belted Drivers only)

QuarterTurns1Right 1Left 2 3to6 7+ Total

Windshield 429 0 4 0 132 565Leftfront 79 14,447 6944 15,211 4,926 41,160Rightfront 51 0 23 23 1,631 1,728Leftrear 0 0 0 99 0 99Rightrear 0 0 0 0 145 145Rear 0 0 0 0 33 33Roof,Sunroof 0 0 2489 582 515 3,586TotalPartialEjectionsinRollover

559 14,447 9,460 15,915 7,382 47,316

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Partial ejection paths among belted occupants in a rollover crash with at least 2 quarter turns 

(excludes complete ejection)no sunroof sunroof

no ejection 1,134,823 321,981windshield 374 0left front 19,385 7,611right front 8,867 1,163left rear 376 105right rear 447 30rear 79 33soft top/removableroof structure 1,462 0Sunroof 0 2,335Other 39 49

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Ejection Prevention‐ Side curtain airbagsFrom Years 2000 to 2012 (MY 2000‐2012):• 15.1% of individuals were in vehicles equipped with side curtain airbags, however these airbags did not deploy

• 81.2% were in vehicles without side curtain airbags. 

• 3.5% experienced a side curtain airbag deployment in primary force direction.– 48.3% occurred in frontal crashes– 28.3% in nearside crashes – 11.67% in rear impacts – 8.33% in rollovers– 4.9% in far side impacts. 

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Side Curtain Airbag Deploymentand Partial Ejection – Near‐side Impact• The unadjusted odds of partial ejection in a near‐side crash was 3.88 (95% CI 1.52, 9.89) times higher for individuals in vehicles without side curtain airbags compared to individuals in vehicles where the side curtain airbag deployed.

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Side Curtain Airbag Deployment and Partial Ejection‐ Near‐side Impact

• Near‐side multivariate model:  The average difference in odds of partial ejection, as compared to no ejection, for those without side airbags available compared to vehicles with side curtain airbags available and deployed, adjusted for delta V and seatbelt use is 3.92 (95% CI 2.07, 7.40, p<0.001). 

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Side Curtain Airbags and Upper Extremity Injury –Near‐side Impact • The odds ratio associated with sustaining ANY upper extremity injury was not significant for near‐side crashes.

• However, for near‐side severe soft tissue injury for belted and unbelted (weighted):

severe soft tissue injury

airbag available and deployed

no side airbag 

available no 57,295 446,943yes 0 86

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Side Curtain Airbag Deployment and Partial Ejection ‐Rollover

• For rollover crashes, the average difference in odds of partial ejection, as compared to no ejection, for those without side airbags available compared to vehicles with side curtain airbags available and deployed, adjusted for seatbelt use, and number of quarter turns, the odds ratio was 1.74 (95% CI 1.10, 2.73, p=0.019).

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Side Curtain Airbags and Upper Extremity Injury ‐Rollover

• The odds ratio associated with sustaining ANY upper extremity injury was not significant for rollover crashes.

• However, for rollover severe soft tissue injury for belted and unbelted (weighted)

severe soft tissue injury

airbag available and deployed

no side airbag 

available no 24,539 529,482yes 32 2,673

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Limitation slide• Rollovers: did not assess FMVSS 226 where the side curtain will deploy in rollover collision

• For rollovers, multiple paths of ejection• Although ejection status is known, NASS CDS does not allow information about the specific body part ejected and is not linked specifically to the ejection path – Work around was to link severe deglove injury to source of injury (ground, exterior objects) to partial ejection

• Although the sample is large overall, because SSTIs are relatively rare, the count for degloving injury is relatively small

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Conclusions• Deployed side curtain airbags showed partial ejection prevention among both belted and unbelted individuals

• Side curtains airbags are effective in preventing severe soft tissue injury related to partial ejection in near side impact and rollover collisions– Perfect prediction‐ NO severe soft tissue injuries occurred in near‐side impacts for belted outboard occupants when side curtain airbags deployed.

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Future tasks• Further evaluate ejection prevention of pure rollover crashes with vehicles meeting FMVSS 226

• CIREN data identifies contributing factors for injuries related to partial ejection for further evaluation

• CDS data could add additional data to link partial ejections with body regions and paths.

• UE degloving types injuries are costly– Evaluate some cost benefit analysis when side curtain bags provided an ejection prevention

– CIREN data has acute cares costs to utilize with patients only incurring a severe or deglove UE injury

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