TABLE I.
Patients With Combat-related Extremity Wound Infections by Injury Pattern
| Patient injury pattern | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wound group type | Patients with ≥1 amputation | Patients with ≥1 open fracture, no amputation | Patients with ≥1 open soft-tissue wounds only | Total patients | ||||
| No. of patients | No. of patients with ≥1 infection (%) | No. of patients | No. of patients with ≥1 infection (%) | No. of patients | No. of patients with ≥1 infection (%) | No. of patients | No. of patients with ≥1 infection (%) | |
| Amputation | 437 | 205 (46.9) | 437 | 205 (46.9) | ||||
| LE | 413 | 199 (48.2) | NA | NA | NA | NA | 413 | 199 (48.2) |
| UE | 79 | 20 (25.3) | 79 | 20 (25.3) | ||||
| Open Fracture | 192 | 43 (22.4) | 511 | 66 (12.9) | 703 | 109 (15.5) | ||
| LE | 86 | 16 (18.6) | 352 | 53 (15.1) | NA | NA | 438 | 69 (15.8) |
| UE | 127 | 27 (21.3) | 212 | 13 (6.1) | 339 | 40 (11.8) | ||
| Open Soft-Tissue Wounds | 341 | 33 (9.7) | 338 | 13 (3.8) | 461 | 14 (3.0) | 1,140 | 60 (5.3) |
| LE | 195 | 23 (11.8) | 273 | 11 (4.0) | 325 | 10 (3.1) | 793 | 44 (5.6) |
| UE | 266 | 10 (3.8) | 176 | 2 (1.1) | 285 | 4 (1.4) | 727 | 16 (2.2) |
| Totala | 437 | 248 (56.7) | 511 | 89 (17.4) | 461 | 17 (3.7) | 1,409 | 354 (25.1) |
Abbreviations: LE, lower extremity; NA, not applicable; UE, upper extremity.
a
Total does not reflect the summation of column numbers since patients can have multiple wounds and multiple infections.