Table 7: Relationships between type of fracture and outcome.
| Fracture Type | No of cases | Outcome Variable | ||||||||
| Infection rate | % | Mal-union | % | Non-Union | % | Implant failure | % | COST Score ≥ 70% at 6 months (%) | ||
| Closed | 1040 | 24 | 2.31 | 10 | 0.01 | 15 | 0.01 | 20 | 0.02 | 838 (80.6%) |
| Open I | 70 | 3 | 4.29 | Nil | - | 2 | 0.03 | 3 | 0.04 | 60 (85.7%) |
| Open II | 77 | 4 | 5.18 | 4 | 0.01 | 3 | 0.04 | nil | - | 55 (71.4%) |
| Open IIIA | 109 | 30 | 27.52 | 1 | 0.01 | 3 | 0.03 | nil | - | 64 (58.7%) |
| Open III B | 30 | 7 | 23.33 | nil | - | nil | - | 1 | 0.03 | 15 (50%) |
| Open III C | 8 | 4 | 50 | 2 | 0.02 | 2 | 0.25 | nil | - | 3 (62.5%) |
| Total | 1334 | 72 | 5.40 | 17 | 0.01 | 25 | 0.02 | 24 | 0.02 | 1035 (77.6%) |
Χ2, P value |
452.243 0.00001 |
0 1 |
3 0.56 |
3.02 0.54 |
13.277 0.01 |
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