Table 6.
Age, gender, injury mechanism, previous knee status, time to surgery, type of immobilization, and immobilization analgesia data for subjects with isolated femoral shaft fractures.
| Isolated Femur fxs | n=71 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| mean | range | SD | ||
| Age | ||||
| 40.2 | 18.4–89.5 | 19.7 | ||
| n | % | |||
| Gender | ||||
| Male | 52 | 73.2 | ||
| Female | 19 | 26.8 | ||
| Mechanism | ||||
| MVC | 22 | 31.0 | ||
| Ground level fall | 19 | 26.7 | ||
| MCC | 6 | 8.5 | ||
| GSW | 11 | 15.5 | ||
| Pedestrian struck | 6 | 8.5 | ||
| Fall from height | 3 | 4.2 | ||
| Other motorized | 1 | 1.4 | ||
| Bicycle | 2 | 2.8 | ||
| Sports | 1 | 1.4 | ||
| Previous Injury | ||||
| Yes | 8 | 11.3 | ||
| Previous OA | ||||
| Yes | 8 | 11.3 | ||
| Time to surgery | ||||
| <24 hours | 59 | 83.1 | ||
| Immobilization | ||||
| Splint | 33 | 46.5 | ||
| Smooth wire | 29 | 40.8 | ||
| Threaded pin | 9 | 12.7 | ||
| Analgesia | ||||
| Local | 29 | 40.8 | ||
| IV | 20 | 28.2 | ||
| Local +IV | 5 | 7.0 | ||
| Sedation | 8 | 11.3 | ||
| Unknown | 9 | 12.7 |