Table 2.
The quantitative relationship between fracture lines and the Judet-Letournel classification
| Letournel classification | Number of fracture (n) | Fracture lines in the quadrilateral plate (n) | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Upper transverse | Perpendicular | Upper oblique | Anterior vertical | Lower oblique | Posterior vertical | |||
| DC | 59 | 50 | 18 | 49 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 133 |
| TPW | 43 | 8 | 12 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 51 |
| T-type | 36 | 23 | 7 | 28 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 70 |
| T | 26 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 32 |
| AC + PH | 20 | 19 | 5 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 39 |
| PC + PW | 12 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 17 |
| AC | 9 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 14 |
| PC | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| Total | 211 | 120 | 53 | 147 | 30 | 3 | 11 | 364 |
DC double-column, TPW transverse with posterior wall, T transverse, AC + PH anterior column with posterior hemitransverse, PC + PW posterior column with posterior wall, AC anterior column, PC posterior column