Table 1.

Injury type, treatment and pin infections in 39 patients with distal tibia fractures treated with the Ilizarov application

Case	Age	Injury	Energy	AO	Rüedi-Allgöwer	Gustilo	Tscherne	Extension from the joint/mm	Bone defect/mm	Ilizarov rings	Foot extension	Pin infection	Checketts-Otterbuns
1	20	fall	low	A2				117		4		2	III + III
2	62	fall	low	C1	I			109		4		1	II
3	57	riding	high	C1	I	2		58		4		0
4	59	fall	low	A2			1	136		4		1	II
5	39	traffic	high	C2	II			66		4	yes	0
6	55	work	low	A2				152		4		0
7	56	fall	low	A2				118		4		1	II
8	39	fall	low	C1	II			122		4		2	III
9	33	traffic	high	A3		1		75		4		1	II
10	59	fall	low	C1	I			85		4		2	III + III
11	70	fall	low	A2				172		4		1	II
12	61	work	low	C1	I		1	123		4		1	II
13	58	fall	low	A3			1	126		4		0
14	50	fall	high	C2	II	1		83	12 × 5	4		1	III
15	46	fall	low	A1		1		107		4		0
16	43	fall	low	C1	I			168		4		3	II + II + III
17	29	traffic	high	A3		1		241		5		1	II
18	50	trafic	high	C2	II	2		61		4	yes	1	II
19	46	fall	low	C1	I			176		4		3	II + III + VI
20	39	fall	low	A2				172		4		1	II
21	63	fall	low	A2				127		4		0
22	42	fall	low	A2		1		195		5		2	II + II
23	21	fall	low	A2				93		4		0
24	42	fall	low	C3	III	1		59		4		0
25	66	fall	high	C3	III			76	16 × 15	3	yes	0
26	51	fall	low	C1	I	2		147		4		1	III
27	62	fall	low	C3	III			143		4	yes	2	II + III
28	54	traffic	high	A2				176		4		2	II + II
29	54	fall	low	C1	I			158		4		2	II + III
30	68	fall	low	A2				167		4		3	II + III + IV
31	56	fall	low	A1				133		4		2	II + III
32	43	skiing	low	A3				250		4	yes	2	II + III
33	44	skiing	low	A1				152		4		2	II + III
34	48	fall	low	C1	I			127		4		2	II + III
35	56	traffic	high	C1	I		1	137		4		1	III
36	24	fall	high	C1	II			147	8 × 5	4	yes	1	III
37	42	fall	low	A1				273		4		0
38	70	fall	low	A3				110		4	yes	0
39	49	fall	low	A1				143		4		0