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Table 4 The relationship between trauma causes and stump problems

From: Surgical revision for stump problems after traumatic above-ankle amputations of the lower extremity

Trauma causes

Cases

Timea

Excess soft tissue

Scar

Ulcer

Neuroma

Spur

N(%)

N(%)

N(%)

N(%)

N(%)

Traffic accident

45

1.17 ± 0.65

15(13.5)

23(23.63)

7(7.88)

24(21.38)

32(31.5)

Machine winding

21

1.04 ± 0.38

2(0.35)

7(7.35)

2(2.45)

5(6.65)

9(9.8)

Crash injury

14

0.99 ± 0.41

7(6.3)

12(11.03)

5(3.68)

9(9.98)

15(14.7)

Statistics

 

0.841

1.995

0.251

0.797

1.575

0.265

P value

 

0.435

0.369

0.882

0.671

0.455

0.871

  1. aMean months from primary amputation to stump revision, logarithmic transformation was performed to obtain normal distribution.