Skip to main content
. 2022 Jan 11;7(1):84–94. doi: 10.1530/EOR-20-0149

Table 2.

Non-operatively and surgically treated acetabular fractures. Characteristics of non-operatively and surgically treated acetabular fractures as well as the share of surgical treatment and the significance compared to the reference are shown. Data are presented as n (%).

Factor Total Surgical treatment Non-operative treatment Surgical share, % P
Total cases 4213 2606 1607 61.9
Fracture type
 Anterior column 878 (20.8) 371 (14.2) 507 (31.5) 42.3 Ref.
 Posterior wall 513 (12.2) 351 (13.5) 162 (10.1) 68.4 <0.001
 Posterior column 164 (3.9) 96 (3.7) 68 (4.2) 58.5 <0.001
 Anterior wall 374 (8.9) 38 (1.5) 336 (20.9) 10.2 <0.001
 Both column 722 (17.1) 615 (23.6) 107 (6.7) 85.2 <0.001
 Transverse 277 (6.6) 140 (5.4) 137 (8.5) 50.5 0.019
 Posterior column + posterior wall 122 (2.9) 110 (4.2) 12 (0.7) 90.2 <0.001
 Transverse + posterior wall 234 (5.6) 201 (7.7) 33 (2.1) 85.9 <0.001
 T-shaped 230 (5.5) 160 (6.1) 70 (4.4) 69.6 <0.001
 Anterior column + posterior hemi transverse 699 (16.6) 524 (20.1) 175 (10.9) 75.0 <0.001
Roof-arc angle
 AP < 40° 2728 (64.8) 1889 (72.5) 839 (52.2) 69.2 Ref.
 AP > 40° 1485 (35.2) 717 (27.5) 768 (47.8) 48.3 <0.001
Fracture step
 >1mm 2640 (62.7) 2065 (79.2) 575 (35.8) 78.2 Ref.
 <1mm 1573 (37.3) 541 (20.8) 1032 (64.2) 34.4 <0.001
Fracture gap
 >3 mm 2367 (56.2) 1999 (76.7) 368 (22.9) 84.5 Ref.
 2–3 mm 813 (19.3) 401 (15.4) 412 (25.6) 49.3 <0.001
 0–1 mm 1033 (24.5) 206 (7.9) 827 (51.5) 19.9 <0.001
Comminution zone
 No 2347 (55.7) 1095 (42.0) 1252 (77.9) 46.7 Ref.
 <51% 1444 (34.3) 1145 (43.9) 299 (18.6) 79.3 <0.001
 >50% 422 (10.0) 366 (14.0) 56 (3.5) 86.7 <0.001
Injury extend
 Isolated pelvic fracture 2124 (50.4) 1316 (50.5) 808 (50.3) 62.0 Ref.
 Multiple trauma 1097 (26.0) 707 (27.1) 390 (24.3) 64.4 0.178
 Polytrauma 992 (23.5) 583 (22.4) 409 (25.5) 58.8 0.097
Complex fracture
 No 3997 (94.9) 2464 (94.6) 1533 (95.4) 61.6 Ref.
 Yes 216 (5.1) 142 (5.4) 74 (4.6) 65.7 0.257
Gender
 Male 3007 (71.4) 1986 (76.2) 1021(63.5) 66.0 Ref.
 Female 1206 (28.6) 620 (23.8) 586 (36.5) 51.4 <0.001
Patient admission
 Primary 2393 (56.8) 1207 (46.3) 1186 (73.8) 50.4 Ref.
 Secondary 1820 (43.2) 1399 (53.7) 421 (26.2) 76.9 <0.001