Table 1 Demographic characteristics of the 97 patients who underwent osteosynthesis for pelvic ring injuries.

From: Morel–Lavallee lesions and number of surgeries for associated injuries predict surgical site infection risk following pelvic ring injury osteosynthesis

Age (years) mean (SD)

39.2 (17.2)

Sex, n (%)

 Male

41 (57.7%)

 Female

56 (42.3%)

Diabetes, n (%)

5 (5.2%)

Smoker, n (%)

11 (11.3%)

BMI, mean (SD)

22.9 (3.6)

ISS, mean (SD)

18.9 (12.0)

NISS, mean (SD)

22.2 (12.0)

Open fractures, n (%)

19 (19.6%)

 Faringer zone

  I

11 (57.9%)

  II

1 (5.3%)

  III

7 (36.8%)

 Jones–Powell classification

  1

4 (21.1%)

  2

4 (21.1%)

  3

11 (57.8%)

AO/OTA classificationa

 61-A

8 (8.2%)

 61-B

43 (44.3%)

 61-C

46 (47.4%)

Osteosynthesis

 ORIF

71 (73.1%)

 CRIF or ESF

26 (26.9%)

Stage operation, n (%)

16 (16.5%)

Number of other surgeries, mean (SD)

2.9 (2.4)

Arterial embolization, n (%)

39 (40.2%)

Rectum injury, n (%)

6 (6.2%)

Urogenital injury, n (%)

12 (12.4%)

Morel–Lavallee lesions, n (%)

9 (9.3%)

Colostomy, n (%)

11 (11.3%)

SSI, n (%)

8 (8.2%)

ICU length of stay, days (SD)

4.5 (5.7)

Time to bony union, months (SD)

6.0 (1.8)

Follow-up, months (SD)

40.3 (12.7)

  1. aThe classification of pelvic fractures was based on the Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Osteosynthesefragen (AO/OTA) classification (2018 revision).
  2. BMI body mass index, CRIF closed reduction and internal fixation, ESF external skeletal fixator, ICU intensive care unit, ISS injury severity score, NISS new injury severity score, ORIF open reduction and internal fixation, SD standard deviation, SSI surgical site infection.
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