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Table 3 Ankle fracture diagnoses of patients with ankle fracture, at index

From: Incidence, costs and post-operative complications following ankle fracture – A US claims database analysis

Variables

Commercial

Medicare

Cohort of Patients with Only 1 Fracture Diagnosis at Time of Surgery

29,187 (62.6%)

2,070 (50.3%)

  Fracture of Lateral Malleolus of Fibula

8,818 (30.2%)

480 (23.2%)

  Bimalleolar Fracture of Lower Leg

5,020 (17.2%)

594 (28.7%)

  Trimalleolar Fracture of Lower Leg

4,348 (14.9%)

477 (23.0%)

  Other Fracture of Lower Leg

4,174 (14.3%)

211 (10.2%)

  Fracture of Medial Malleolus of Tibia

3,079 (10.5%)

161 (7.8%)

  Fracture of Lower End of Tibia

2,741 (9.4%)

116 (5.6%)

  Pilon Fracture of Tibia

532 (1.8%)

16 (0.8%)

  Maisonneuve’s Fracture of Leg

475 (1.6%)

15 (0.7%)

Cohort of Patients with Multiple Ankle Fracture Diagnoses at Time of Surgery

17,432 (37.4%)

2,043 (49.7%)

  2 Diagnoses

12,073 (25.9%)

1,295 (31.5%)

  3 Diagnoses

4,156 (8.9%)

574 (14.0%)

  4 or more Diagnoses

1,203 (2.6%)

174 (4.2%)