Table 1.

Clinical details of the patients

Case number	Age (years)	Gustilo‘s classification	Mechanism of injury	Associated injury	Fracture location	Coverage procedures	Cases requiring fasciotomy	Latency (months)	Time to healing (weeks)	Followup (years)	Final leg length discrepancy (mm)	Supplementary procedures
1	23	IIIB	MVA	Pulmonary contusion	Proximal/middle 1/3 junction	Rotational flap	No	0	30	5	4	No
2	28	II	All-terrain	Metatarsal fracture	Middle/distal 1/3 junction	Primary closure	No	0	24	2	0	No
3	19	II	Car v/s pedestrian	No	Distal 1/3	Primary closure	No	0	23	3	0	No
4	34	II	MVA	No	Middle/distal 1/3 junction	Primary closure	No	0	21	4	2	No
5	20	II	MVA	Metatarsal fracture	Middle/distal 1/3 junction	Primary closure	No	0	24	5	0	No
6	24	IIIB	MVA	Skin loss	Distal 1/3	Rotational flap	No	3	23	2	3	No
7	40	II	MVA	Pulmonary contusion	Middle/distal 1/3 junction	Primary closure	No	0	19	2	0	No
8	38	IIIA	MVA	No	Proximal 1/3	Split thickness skin graft	No	2.5	23	4	4	No
9	33	IIIA	MVA	Femur fracture	Middle 1/3 5 cm bone loss	Split thickness skin graft	No	3	44	5	2	Docking site iliac crest grafting
10	6	II	Car v/s pedestrian	No	Middle 1/3	Primary closure	No	0	9	4	0	No
11	45	II	MVA	No	Middle/distal 1/3 junction	Primary closure	Yes	0	21	3	0	No
12	28	IIIB	MVA	Head injury	Segmental	Rotational flap	No	0	24	5	5	Prophylactic iliac crest grafting
13	29	IIIA	MVA	No	Distal 1/3	Split thickness skin graft	No	2	22	4	3	No
14	24	IIIB	All-terrain	No	Middle/distal junction 6 cm bone loss	Rotational flap	No	3	46	3	3	Docking site iliac crest grafting
15	33	II	MVA	No	Middle 1/3	Primary closure	No	0	19	5	0	No
16	9	II	Car v/s pedisterian	Femur fracture		Primary closure	No	0	17	2	0	No
17	18	II	Car v/s pedisterian	No	Distal 1/3	Primary closure	No	0	19	2	2	No
18	29	IIIA	MVA	No	Proximal/middle 1/3 junction	Split thickness skin graft	No	0	22	3	3	No
19	18	IIIA	MVA	Head injury	Segmental	Split thickness skin graft	Yes	0	20	4	5	Prophylactic iliac crest grafting