Table 2.
Description of UE Injuries Sustained.
| Total number of patients with UE injuries | 96 |
| Total number of UE fractures | 117 |
| Total number of UE open fractures | 54 |
| Total number of other UE (non-fracture) injuries | 63 |
| Patients with at least one UE fracture, No. (%) | 82 (85) |
| Patients with at least one UE open fracture, No. (%) | 35 (36) |
| UE open fracture grade, mean | 2.7 |
| Patients with isolated hand injury only (carpus and distal), No. (%) | 31 (32) |
| Patients with a mangled extremity, No. (%) | 21 (22) |
| Fractures by bone, No. (% of total UE fractures) | |
| Scapula | 15 (13) |
| Clavicle | 16 (14) |
| Humerus | 13 (11) |
| Proximal humerus | 4 (3) |
| Humerus shaft | 3 (3) |
| Distal humerus | 6 (5) |
| Forearm | 23 (20) |
| Proximal forearm | 1 (1) |
| Forearm shaft | 12 (10) |
| Distal forearm | 10 (9) |
| Carpus | 3 (3) |
| Metacarpal | 13 (11) |
| Phalanx | 34 (30) |
| Non-fracture UE injuries, No. (% of total non-fracture injuries) | |
| Digital amputation | 17 (27) |
| Limb amputation | 1 (2) |
| Dislocation | 4 (6) |
| Flexor tendon injury | 6 (10) |
| Extensor tendon injury | 11 (18) |
| Nerve injury | 11 (18) |
| Ligament injury | 4 (6) |
| Compartment syndrome | 2 (3) |
| Other soft tissue injury | 7 (11) |
Note. UE = upper extremity.