Citation

Anandasivam NS, Russo GS, Swallow MS, Basques BA, Samuel AM, Ondeck NT, Chung SH, Fischer JM, Bohl DD, Grauer JN. J. Clin. Orthop. Trauma 2017; 8(3): 225-231.

Affiliation

Department of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, United States.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2017, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.jcot.2017.07.012

PMID

28951639

PMCID

PMC5605888

Abstract

This is the first large-scale study to define the injured population and examine associated injuries for patients with tibial shaft fractures. Patients over 18 years of age in the National Trauma Data Bank (NTDB) who presented with tibial shaft fractures during 2011 and 2012 were identified. Modified Charlson Comorbidity Index (CCI), mechanism of injury (MOI), injury severity score (ISS), and specific associated injuries were described. Multivariate logistic regression was used to identify predictors of mortality.

Language: en

Keywords

Associated injuries; Injury severity; Mechanism of injury; Mortality; Tibial shaft; Tibial shaft fracture