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Official Journal of the Italian Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology

Table 2 Fracture distribution

From: Fractures in myelomeningocele

Location of fractures

Number of fractures, n (% of total fractures)

Femur, neck

5 (3)

Femur, intertrochanteric

2 (1)

Femur, subtrochanteric

13 (8)

Femur, shaft

64 (38)

Femur, supracondylar

39 (23)

Femur, distal epiphyseal plate

4 (2)

Tibia, condylar

5 (3)

Tibia, proximal epiphyseal plate

1 (1)

Tibia, infracondylar

9 (5)

Tibia, shaft

11 (6)

Tibia, supramalleolar

10 (6)

Tibia, distal epiphyseal plate

5 (3)

Metatarsal 5

1 (1)

Radius, distal

1 (1)

Total

170 (100)