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Table 2 The 209 patients with pelvic fractures and their injuries categorised according to the Abbreviated Injury Scale-90 severity codes and body regions. This classification offers a comprehensive and reproducible overview of the encountered spectrum of severity and the multiplicity of injuries.

From: Patients with pelvic fractures due to falls: A paradigm that contributed to autopsy-based audit of trauma in Greece

 

Total

ISS ≥ 16 to < 75,

163 (78%) patients

(potentially preventable deaths)

ISS = 75,

46 (22%) patients (nonpreventable deaths)

AIS-90

anatomic regions

AIS1-6:

2,369 injuries,

in

209 patients.

N, (%)

AIS3: 461

injuries,

in

153

patients,

N, (%)

AIS4:

224 injuries, in

131 patients.

N, (%)

AIS5:

190 injuries, in

119 patients.

N, (%)

AIS 3 + 4 + 5: 875

injuries,

in

163

patients.

N, (%)

AIS1-5:

554

injuries,

in

46

patients.

N, (%)

AIS6:

55

injuries,

in

42

patients.

N, (%)

1. Head

       

Injuries

328 (13.8)

119

(25.8)

45 (20.1)

6

(3.2)

170

(19.4)

68

(12.3)

17

(30.9)

Patients

155 (74.2)

92

(60.1)

30 (22.9)

5

(4.2)

95

(58.3)

29

(63)

17

(40.5)

2. Face

       

Injuries

231 (9.7)

2

(0.4)

2

(0.9)

0

(0)

4

(0.5)

53

(9.6)

0

(0)

Patients

110 (52.6)

2

(1.3)

2

(1.5)

0

(0)

4

(2.4)

26

(56.5)

0

(0)

3. Neck

       

Injuries

16

(0.7)

0

(0)

0

(0)

1

(0.5)

1

(0.1)

2

(0.4)

0

(0)

Patients

14

(6.7)

0

(0)

0

(0)

1

(0.8)

1 (0.6)

2

(4.3)

0

(0)

4. Thorax

       

Injuries

492 (20.8)

42

(9.1)

96 (42.9)

139 (73.2)

277

(31.7)

106 (19.1)

16

(29.1)

Patients

191 (91.4)

39

(25.5)

84 (64.1)

93 (78.1)

130

(79.7)

42

(91.3)

16

(38.1)

5. Abdominal & pelvic contents

       

Injuries

313 (13.2)

81

(17.6)

66 (29.5)

3

(1.6)

150

(17.1)

70

(12.6)

8

(14.5)

Patients

153 (73.2)

71

(46.4)

63 (48.1)

3

(2.5)

99

(60.7)

35

(76.1)

7

(16.7)

6. Spine

       

Injuries

103 (4.3)

15

(3.2)

2 (0.9)

12

(6.3)

29

(3.3)

25

(4.5)

14

(25.4)

Patients

68 (32.5)

13

(8.5)

2 (1.5)

11

(9.2)

26

(15.9)

15

(32.6)

11

(26.2)

7. Upper extremities

       

Injuries

286 (12.1)

43

(9.3)

0

(0)

0

(0)

43

(4.9)

78

(14.1)

0

(0)

Patients

136 (65.1)

20

(13.1)

0

(0)

0

(0)

20

(12.3)

34

(73.9)

0

(0)

8. Lower extremities

(all injuries)

       

Injuries

570 (24.1)

159

(34.5)

13

(5.8)

28 (14.7)

200

(22.9)

145 (26.2)

0

(0)

Patients

209 (100)

105

(68.6)

13

(9.9)

28 (23.5)

133

(81.6)

46

(100)

0

(0)

8. Lower extremities

(Pelvic fracture codes only) 8.5.26.**.*, 8.5.28.**.*, 8.5.30.**.*)

       

Injuries

214

(9)

79

(17.1)

13

(5.8)

28 (14.7)

120

(13.7)

47

(8.5)

0

(0)

Patients

209 (100)

77

(50.3)

13

(9.9)

28 (23.5)

118

(72.4)

46

(100)

0

(0)

9. External

       

Injuries

30

(1.3)

0

(0)

0

(0)

1

(0.5)

1

(0.1)

7

(1.3)

0

(0)

Patients

17

(8.1)

0

(0)

0

(0)

1

(0.8)

1

(0.6)

3

(6.5)

0

(0)

  1. *The asterisks that follow the AIS-90 codes indicate that the complete range of injuries was included; AIS-90: Abbreviated Injury Scale, 1990 revision; ISS: Injury Severity Score.
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