Official Journal of the Italian Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology
Table 3 Clinical characteristics and treatment options of open fractures in a public hospital in the state of Bahia, from March to December, 2009
Variable | With infection | Without infection | N total | p value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Time of exposure (h) | N = 25 | N = 79 | 94 | 0.007 |
30.3 (±19.5) | 21.4 (±12.1) | |||
Gustilo criteria | N = 31 | N = 91 | 122 | 0.042 |
I | 1 (3.2 %) | 10 (11.0 %) | 11 | |
II | 7 (22.6 %) | 39 (42.8 %) | 46 | |
IIIA | 7 (22.6 %) | 20 (22.0 %) | 27 | |
IIIB | 13 (41.9 %) | 19 (20.9 %) | 32 | |
IIIC | 3 (9.7 %) | 3 (3.3 %) | 6 | |
Tscherne criteria | N = 31 | N = 91 | 122 | 0.001 |
I | 6 (19.4 %) | 32 (35.2 %) | 38 | |
II | 8 (25.8 %) | 43 (47.2 %) | 51 | |
III | 15 (48.4 %) | 15 (16.5 %) | 30 | |
IV | 2 (6.4 %) | 1 (1.1 %) | 3 | |
Treatment | N = 31 | N = 91 | 122 | 0.944 |
Cast | 42 (9.8 %) | 14 (11.8 %) | 56 | |
External fixation | 31 (25.4 %) | 10 (8.2 %) | 41 | |
Internal fixation | 18 (14.7 %) | 7 (5.7 %) | 25 |