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Table 2 Injury and Fracture Characteristics

From: Incidence of infection following internal fixation of open and closed tibia fractures in India (INFINITI): a multi-centre observational cohort study

Characteristic

N (%) N = 787

Mechanism of injury

 Motor vehicle accident

562 (71.4%)

 Fall

186 (23.6%)

 Struck

30 (3.8%)

 Other

3 (0.4%)

 Twisting

3 (0.4%)

 Sports

2 (0.3%)

 Stress Fracture

1 (0.1%)

Work-related injury

70 (8.9%)

Additional fractures / injuries

224 (28.5%)

AO – Müller Fracture Classification

 41-Proximal

255 (32.4%)

 42-Diaphyseal

337 (42.8%)

 43-Distal

95 (12.1%)

 44-Malleolar

100 (12.7%)

Open fracture

162 (20.6%)

 Gustilo classification

  I

67 (41.4%)

  II

44 (27.2%)

  IIIA

28 (17.3%)

  IIIB

21 (13.0%)

  IIIC

1 (0.6%)

Closed fracture

625 (79.4%)

 Tscherne classification

  0

276 (44.2%)

  1

251 (40.2%)

  2

82 (13.1%)

  3

16 (2.6%)

  1. Totals may not add due to missing data