Table 1.

Newly-diagnosed nerve injuries noted at the early follow-up visit^*

		Nerve injury newly noted at first postoperative visit?
		No		Yes
		Count	%	Count	%	p-value
Gender	Female	410	47.6	3	25.0	0.15†
	Male	451	52.4	9	75.0
Fracture type	Flexion	47	5.5	0	0.0
	Extension, type II	319	37.5	2	16.7
	Extension, type III	484	56.9	10	83.3
Pin construct	All lateral	562	65.3	8	66.7	> 0.999‡
	Cross-pin	299	34.7	4	33.3
Mechanism	Low	368	43.0	4	33.3
	Medium	251	29.3	4	33.3
	High	237	27.7	4	33.3
Number of pins	2	430	49.9	2	16.7	0.047†
	3	401	46.6	10	83.3
	4 to 5	30	3.5	0	0.0

^*no previously undocumented neuropathies were newly diagnosed in those patients who were not seen at one week postoperatively

^†chi-squared test

^‡Fisher’s Exact test