Official Journal of the Italian Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology
Table 3 Comparison of fractures with and without infection
Valuable | With infection | Without infection | P value |
|---|---|---|---|
Age (years) | 47.8 (± 19.4) | 43.1 (± 19.7) | 0.41 |
Body mass index (kg/m2) | 24.4 (± 4.8) | 23 (± 4.9) | 0.18 |
Severe contamination | 5 | 5 | < 0.01 |
Diabetes | 2 | 3 | 0.13 |
Smoking | 10 | 46 | 0.61 |
Injury Severity Scale | 16.8 (± 7.0) | 13.2 (± 7.2) | 0.06 |
Segmental fracture | 2 | 4 | 0.2 |
Location of fracture | 0.5 | ||
Femur | 4 | 17 | |
Tibia | 10 | 44 | |
Ankle | 4 | 35 | |
G–A classification | < 0.01 | ||
IIIA | 6 | 71 | |
IIIB | 12 | 25 | |
Damage control surgery | 13/18 | 58/96 | 0.44 |
Methods of surgery | 0.11 | ||
Nail | 6 | 35 | |
Plate | 7 | 42 | |
External fixation | 3 | 4 | |
Pinning | 2 | 15 | |
Timing of fixation (days) | 9.1 (± 6.6) | 8.5 (± 7.3) | 0.3 |
Combination of antibiotics | 0.3 | ||
First-generation cephalosporin | 16 | 80 | |
First-generation cephalosporin + aminoglycoside | 3 | 15 | |
Antibiotic duration (days) | 14.1 (± 7.7) | 11.2 (± 5.9) | < 0.01 |
Timing of wound closure (days) | 8.8 (± 9.4) | 4 (± 8.0) | < 0.01 |
Soft-tissue reconstruction failure | 6 | 2 | < 0.01 |