Table 3 Age, gender, VTE incidence and all-cause mortality following internal fixation (IF) of lower extremity fracture
Fracture location | Number of procedures (n = 12739) | Median age- (25th-75th percentile) | Female gender – n (%) | Mortality – n (%; 95% CI) | All VTE – n (%; )%% CI) | PE – n (%; 95% CI) | DVT – n (%; 95% CI) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Pelvis | 52 | 46 (33–57) | 21 (40) | 1 (2; 0–14) | 6 (12; 5–26) | 3 (6; 2–18) | 3 (6; 2–18) |
Proximal femur | 8402 | 83.3 (77–88) | 6129 (72.9) | 617 (7.3; 6.8-7.9) | 96 (1.1; 0.9-1.4) | 39 (0.5; 0.3-0.6) | 57 (0.7; 0.5-0.9) |
Femur, other | 581 | 78.4 (62–86) | 433 (74.5) | 27 (4.6; 3.2-6.8) | 12 (2.1; 1.2-3.6) | 2 (0.3; 0.1-1.4) | 10 (1.7; 0.9-3.2) |
Patella | 169 | 62.3 (45–74) | 95 (56.2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Tibia, proximal | 395 | 52.6 (39–66) | 208 (52.7) | 2 (0.5; 0.1-2.0) | 15 (3.8; 2.3-6.3) | 3 (0.8; 0.2-2.4) | 13 (3.3; 1.9-5.7) |
Tibia, diaphysis | 502 | 46.6 (33–58) | 194 (38.6) | 3 (0.6; 0.2-1.9) | 11 (2.2; 1.2-4.0) | 3 (0.6; 0.2-1.9) | 8 (1.6; 0.8-3.2) |
Tibia, distal | 175 | 47.6 (37–61) | 77 (44.0) | 0 | 3 (1.7; 0.6-5.3) | 2 (1.1; 0.3-4.6) | 1 (0.6; 0.1-4.1) |
Ankle | 2463 | 51.3 (37–62) | 1332 (54.1) | 5 (0.2; 0.1-0.5) | 89 (3.6; 2.9-4.4) | 11 (0.4; 0.2-0.8) | 78 (3.2; 2.5-4.0) |