Table 2.
Demographic data of the patients included in the study
Age in years: mean (SD) | 30.9 ± 11.17 |
Gender | |
Male | 23 (74.1%) |
Female | 8 (25.9%) |
Side | |
Right | 21 (67.7%) |
Left | 10 (32.3%) |
Digit | |
Index | 14 (38.8%) |
Middle | 11 (30.5%) |
Ring | 6 (16.6%) |
Small | 5 (13.8%) |
Bone involved | |
Metacarpal | 16 (44.4%) |
Proximal phalanx | 20 (55.6%) |
Mechanism of injury | |
Crush Injury | 6 (19.3%) |
RTA | 15 (48.3%) |
Fall | 6 (19.3%) |
Assault | 2 (6.4%) |
Machine injury | 2 (6.4%) |
Preoperative angulation (mean) | 35.8° |
Dominance | |
Right | 27 (87%) |
Left | 4 (13%) |
Open fractures Closed fractures |
12 (33.3%) 24 (66.7%) |
Time to surgery (hours): mean (SD) | 22.57 ± 25.09 |