Table III. Dislocations.
Joints | Closed
dislocations |
Open
dislocations |
Percent of
patients a |
Percent of
fractures that were open b |
---|---|---|---|---|
Jaw | 1 | 0 | 0.08 | 0.00 |
Shoulder | 32 | 0 | 2.56 | 0.00 |
Elbow | 4 | 1 | 0.32 | 25.00 |
Wrist | 12 | 0 | 0.96 | 0.00 |
Finger | 5 | 1 | 0.40 | 20.00 |
Hip | 8 | 0 | 0.64 | 0.00 |
Knee | 9 | 1 | 0.72 | 11.11 |
Ankle | 9 | 4 | 0.72 | 44.44 |
Foot | 3 | 1 | 0.24 | 33.33 |
a Evaluations in which there were bilateral dislocations were counted as having one.
b The percentages listed in this column are the percentages of evaluations with each dislocation, as opposed to the percentage of dislocations that are of a particular type.
c The percentages listed in this column are the percentages of dislocations that were open.