Pre-operative radiographic findings predicting concomitant posterior malleolar fractures in tibial shaft fractures: a comparative retrospective study

Table 2 Comparison between groups with and without posterior malleolar fractures

	With posterior malleolar fracture	Without posterior malleolar fracture	P Value
Patients	42	69
Age, y^a	46.79 ± 14.06	46.49 ± 17.33	0.93
Gender			0.92
Male	27	45
Female	15	24
Side			0.96
Right	19	31
Left	23	37
Bilateral	0	1
Fracture location, %^a
Tibial	27.52 ± 10.08	37.59 ± 18.08	< 0.01
Fibular	38.94 ± 34.53	38.68 ± 27.94	0.97
Fracture length, %^a	15.11 ± 6.08	11.31 ± 9.52	< 0.05
Fibular fracture shape			< 0.01
Intact	5	10
Proximal level	13	11
Middle level	2	24
Distal level	20	21
Complex	2	3
Tibial fracture shape			< 0.01
Transverse	4	23
Oblique	7	22
Spiral	29	15
Complex	2	9
Haraguchi Type
Type I	41
Type II	0
Type III	1

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