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Table 1 Incidence of ACS, sex, and age compared between the population of 270 patients with 273 fractures included in the final analysis and the population of 20 patients with 21 fractures meeting exclusion criteria due to incomplete available radiographic workup

From: Clinical and radiographic predictors of acute compartment syndrome in the treatment of tibial shaft fractures: a retrospective cohort study

 

Final analysis

273 fractures (270 patients)

Patients excluded due to

incomplete radiographic workup

21 fractures (20 patients)

P value

Male sex, n (%)

201 (73.6%)

14 (66.7%)

0.456a

Age, mean ± SD

39.9 ± 15.4

42.6 ± 16.6

0.441b

ACS occurrence, n (%)

31 (11.4%)

2 (9.5%)

1.000a

  1. ACS acute compartment syndrome
  2. a Fisher’s exact test
  3. b T-test