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Table 2 Data of the overall population and subgroups with/without SSI concerning fracture morphology and concomitant injuries

From: Impact of surgical site infection on patients’ outcome after fixation of tibial plateau fractures: a retrospective multicenter study

 

SSI group (n = 41)

Non-SSI group (n = 246)

Total (n = 287)

p

  

n

%

n

%

n

%

 

AO category

B

8

19.5

142

57.7

150

52.3

< 0.001

 

C

33

80.5

104

42.3

137

47.7

AO subcategory

        
 

B1

2

4.8

24

9.8

26

9.1

 
 

B2

1

2.4

44

18.0

45

15.7

 
 

B3

5

12.2

74

30.3

79

27.5

 
 

C1

3

7.3

18

7.4

21

7.3

 
 

C2

6

14.6

12

4.9

18

6.3

 
 

C3

24

58.5

74

30.3

98

34.1

 

Concomitant injury of the affected knee

 

22

53.6

96

36.4

118

41.1

0.01

Compartment syndrome

16

39.0

14

5.7

30

10.5

< 0.001

Open fracture

 

9

22.0

7

2.9

16

5.6

< 0.001

Concomitant injury of other body region

 

20

48.8

47

19.3

67

23.3

< 0.001

Polytrauma

 

8

19.5

17

7.0

25

8.7

0.01

  1. SSI surgical site infection