Table 2.
Plafond fractures
| Fracture Pattern (AO-OTA) Simple: type A1/A2 Complex: type A3/B/C |
Surgical Procedure | Complications | X-ray fracture healing (average) | |
| Gustilo II | Simple: -- | -- | -- | |
| Complex: 6 | ORIF (2); Ex fix (4)> ORIF 15 to 21 days |
1 deep infection (Ex fix) 1 delayed union (Ex-fix) |
6 to 8 months | |
| Gustilo IIIA | Simple: -- | -- | -- | |
| Complex: 7 | ORIF (2); Ex fix (5) > ORIF 20 to 30 days |
1 deep infection (ORIF) 2 deep infection (Ex fix) |
6 to 8 months | |
| Gustilo IIIB | Simple: -- | -- | -- | |
| Complex: 1 | Ex fix | Delayed union Plastic surgery needed |
10 months | |
| Gustilo IIIC | Simple -- | -- | -- | |
| Complex: 3 | Ex fix | Multiple surgeries 1 legamputation |
8 months |