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. 2016 Dec 9;24:146. doi: 10.1186/s13049-016-0333-1

Table 4.

Subanalysis of metaphyseal tibia fractures comparing fracture management, demographic factors, patient risk factors and postoperative complications

Fracture Entity Fracture management Gender Age Patient’s risk factor Postoperative complication
Pilon tibial fracture pre-definite fracture fixation with Ext Fix Plate ORIF IMN male female Alcohol dependency Diabetes mellitus Peripheral arterial disease Wound infection Compartment syndrome Non-union
 open type I 0 1 0 1 0 56 1
 open type II 4 4 0 2 2 50 (41–57) 1
 open type III 0 0 0 0 0 0
 closed type I 11 10 0 7 4 51 (16–85) 2 3 1
 closed type II 3 4 0 2 2 56 (49–54)
 closed type III 0 0 0 0 0 0
no soft tissue documentation 7 12 0 10 2 41 (23–73) 1
n = 32 Ø 53
Metaphyseal distal tibial fracture
 open type I 2 0 1 1 1 65 (59–70) 1 1 1
 open type II 0 0 0 0 0
 open type III 1 0 1 0 1 56 1 0 1
 closed type I 5 6 0 4 4 54 (45–65) 2 1 1
 closed type II 6 5 2 1 6 51 (21–72) 2 3 1 1
 closed type III 0 0 0 0 0 0
no soft tissue documentation 3 2 2 4 0 46 (28–56) 4 1 1
n = 22 Ø 52
significance between groups unpaired t-Test p = 0.8755 p = 0.1288 p = 0.4132 p = 0.3573 p = 0.5463