Official Journal of the Italian Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology
Table 2 Characteristics of patients with tibial fractures who developed ACS
N | % | ||
|---|---|---|---|
Age mean | 33.08 (±12.8) | ||
Gender | Male | 66 | 76 |
Female | 21 | 24 | |
Skin | Closed | 66 | 75.86 |
Open | 21 | 24.14 | |
Fracture classification | Proximal/3 | 11 | 12.64 |
Middle/3 | 43 | 49.43 | |
Distal/3 | 25 | 28.74 | |
Extensive | 8 | 9.2 | |
Clinical signs and symptoms | Severe pain | 31 | 35.23 |
Paresthesia | 7 | 7.95 | |
Motor weakness | 4 | 4.55 | |
Unconscious | 6 | 6.82 | |
Pain and paresthesia | 17 | 19.32 | |
Pain and paresthesia and motor weakness | 14 | 15.91 | |
Paresthesia + motor weakness | 8 | 9.09 | |
Pressure | 1 | 1.14 | |
Mechanism of injury | Fall | 26 | 29.89 |
Pedestrian vs motor vehicle | 22 | 25.29 | |
Motor accident | 19 | 21.84 | |
Twisting injury | 6 | 6.9 | |
Blow | 6 | 6.9 | |
Crushing injury | 5 | 5.75 | |
Motorized accident | 2 | 2.3 | |
Bicycle | 1 | 1.15 | |
Fracture pattern | Comminuted | 23 | 26.14 |
Oblique | 17 | 19.32 | |
Segmental | 8 | 9.09 | |
Spiral | 16 | 18.18 | |
Transverse | 24 | 27.27 | |
Involved compartments | Anterior | 37 | 42.53 |
Lateral | 4 | 4.6 | |
Posterior | 3 | 3.45 | |
Not specified | 19 | 21.84 | |
Anterior + lateral | 13 | 14.94 | |
All | 11 | 12.64 |