Table 3.
Cmorbidities and Injury Characteristics of Patients with Open Tibial Fracture
| Amputation | Salvage | All Patients | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | % | n | % | n | % | ||
| 99 | 1.3 | 7,461 | 98.7 | 7,560 | 100 | ||
| Comorbidities | |||||||
| Alcohol abuse | 11 | 11.5 | 974 | 13.2 | 985 | 13.2 | |
| Cardiac (CHF, PVD, HTN w/ complications) | 30 | 30.3 | 1,213 | 16.3 | 1,243 | 16.4 | |
| Depression | 7 | 7.3 | 271 | 3.7 | 278 | 3.7 | |
| Diabetes | 16 | 16.2 | 406 | 5.4 | 422 | 5.6 | |
| Drug abuse | 7 | 7.3 | 494 | 6.7 | 501 | 6.7 | |
| Liver disease | 2 | 2.1 | 88 | 1.2 | 90 | 1.2 | |
| Psychoses | 4 | 4.1 | 197 | 2.7 | 210 | 2.7 | |
| Associated injuries/procedures | |||||||
| Arterial injury (popliteal, AT, PT) | 16 | 16.2 | 157 | 2.1 | 173 | 2.3 | |
| Complicated open wound | 9 | 9.1 | 345 | 4.6 | 354 | 4.7 | |
| Tibial nerve injury | 3 | 3.0 | 8 | 0.1 | 11 | 0.2 | |
| Fasciotomy | 12 | 12.1 | 396 | 5.3 | 408 | 5.4 | |
| Dislocation | 1 | 1.0 | 42 | 0.6 | 43 | 0.6 | |
| Injury severity score (ISS) | |||||||
| <10 | 62 | 62.6 | 4,806 | 64.4 | 4,868 | 64.4 | |
| 10–20 | 30 | 30.3 | 2,056 | 27.6 | 2,086 | 27.6 | |
| >20 | 7 | 7.1 | 599 | 8.0 | 606 | 8.0 | |
| Mechanism of injury | |||||||
| Blunt | 83 | 83.8 | 6,078 | 81.5 | 6,161 | 81.5 | |
| Sharp/penetrating | 4 | 4.0 | 529 | 7.1 | 533 | 7.1 | |
| Other | 5 | 5.1 | 327 | 4.4 | 332 | 4.4 | |
| Unspecified | 7 | 7.1 | 527 | 7.1 | 534 | 7.1 | |