Characteristics and short-term outcomes of skiers and snowboarders with high-energy or low-energy isolated tibial plateau fractures by immediate or delayed open reduction internal fixation (n=119)
| Patients with high-energy fracture (n=48) | Patients with low-energy fracture (n=71) | |||||
| Immediate (n=36) | Delayed (n=12) | p Value | Immediate (n=57) | Delayed (n=14) | p Value | |
| Age, median (range), years | 44.5 (19–61) | 51.5 (22–63) | 0.23 | 51 (23–67) | 48.5 (25–70) | 0.24 |
| Male | 25 (69.4%) | 11 (91.7%) | 0.25 | 34 (59.7%) | 9 (64.3%) | >0.99 |
| No comorbidities | 30 (83.3%) | 8 (66.7%) | 0.24 | 47 (82.5%) | 12 (85.7%) | >0.99 |
| Hospital arrival ≤180 min after injury | 9 (25.0%) | 6 (50.0%) | 0.15 | 33 (61.1%) | 9 (69.2%) | 0.75 |
| One trip to the OR | 35 (97.2%) | 4 (33.3%) | <0.001 | 54 (94.7%) | 10 (71.4%) | 0.02 |
| Compartment syndrome | 1 (2.8%) | 6 (50.0%) | <0.001 | 2 (3.5%) | 1 (7.1%) | 0.49 |
| Fasciotomy* | 3 (8.3%) | 7 (58.3%) | <0.001 | 3 (5.3%) | 1 (7.1%) | >0.99 |
| Discharged home | 36 (100%) | 11 (91.7%) | 0.25 | 57 (100%) | 13 (92.9%) | 0.20 |
| LOS, median (range) | 3 (1–10) | 8 (4–20) | <0.001 | 2 (1–7) | 3.5 (1–34) | 0.006 |
* One patient had more than one fasciotomy.
Data presented are n (%), unless otherwise specified; significant p values (p<0.05) are displayed in bold.
LOS, length of stay; OR, operating room.