Table 3.

Most Common Lower Extremity Orthopaedic Injuries

Injury	N	Open (N, %)	Gustilo-Anderson (N, %)						Surgical (N, %)	Location (%)	Totala (%)
			1	2	3	3A	3B	3C
Tibial plafond fx	137	38 (27.7)	7 (5.1)	12 (8.7)	18 (13.1)	15 (10.9)	2 (1.4)	1 (0.7)	137 (100)	25.0	19.0
Ankle fx	73	7 (9.5)	0 (0)	3 (4.1)	4 (5.4)	4 (5.4)	0 (0)	0 (0)	62 (84.9)	13.3	10.1
Calcaneus fx	62	5 (8)	2 (3.2)	2 (3.2)	1 (1.6)	1 (1.6)	0 (0)	0 (0)	15 (24.1)	11.3	8.6
Tibial diaphysis fx	51	26 (50.9)	4 (7.8)	18 (35.2)	3 (5.8)	3 (5.8)	0 (0)	0 (0)	51 (100)	9.3	7.1
Talus fx	47	6 (12.7)	1 (2.1)	4 (8.5)	1 (2.1)	1 (2.1)	0 (0)	0 (0)	23 (48.9)	8.6	6.5
Tibial plateau fx	36	5 (13.8)	2 (5.5)	2 (5.5)	1 (2.7)	1 (2.7)	0 (0)	0 (0)	33 (91.6)	6.6	5.0
Proximal femur fx	24	1 (4.1)	0 (0)	0 (0)	1 (4.1)	1 (4.1)	0 (0)	0 (0)	22 (91.6)	4.4	3.3
Patella fx	20	8 (40)	3 (15)	3 (15)	2 (10)	2 (10)	0 (0)	0 (0)	18 (90)	3.6	2.8
Midfoot fx	19	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	10 (52.6)	3.5	2.6
Femoral diaphysis fx	13	1 (7.6)	0 (0)	0 (0)	1 (7.6)	1 (7.6)	0 (0)	0 (0)	13 (100)	2.4	1.8
Forefoot fx	9	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	1.6	1.2
Leg laceration	8	8 (100)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	5 (62.5)	1.5	1.1
Knee traumatic arthrotomy	7	7 (100)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	7 (100)	1.3	1.0
Subtotal	506	112 (20.4)	19 (3.5)	44 (8.0)	32 (5.8)	29 (5.3)	2 (0.4)	1 (0.2)	396 (72.0)	92.2	70.1
Total	549	128 (23.3)	19 (3.5)	45 (8.2)	34 (6.2)	32 (5.8)	2 (0.4)	1 (0.2)	424 (77.1)	100	76.1
Median (IQR)	3 (13.5)	1 (5)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (1)	0 (1)	0 (0)	0 (0)	1 (9.8)	0.5 (2.5)	0.4 (1.9)
		8.8 (75)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (2.3)	0 (2.3)	0 (0)	0 (0)
Range	1-137	0-37	0-7	0-18	0-17	0-15	0-2	0-1	0-137	0.2-25	0.14-18.9
		(0-100)	(0-15)	(0-35)	(0-100)	(0-100)	(0-1.5)	(0-0.7)	(0-100)

fx = fracture, IQR = interquartile range

^aTotal extremity and pelvic ring and acetabular injuries.