Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH16 4SA, United Kingdom.
Injury. 2012 Jun;43(6):891-7. doi: 10.1016/j.injury.2011.12.007. Epub 2011 Dec 27.
There is little information available about the epidemiology of open fractures. We examined 2386 open fractures over a 15-year period analysing the incidence and severity of the fractures. The majority of open fractures are low energy injuries with only 22.3% of open fractures being caused by road traffic accidents or falls from a height. The distribution curves of many open fractures are different to the overall fracture distribution curves with high-energy open fractures being commoner in younger males and low energy open fractures in older females. The mode of injury and the different demographic characteristics between isolated and multiple open fractures are also discussed.
有关开放性骨折的流行病学资料很少。我们分析了 15 年来的 2386 例开放性骨折，研究了骨折的发生率和严重程度。大多数开放性骨折是低能量损伤，只有 22.3%的开放性骨折是由道路交通伤或高处坠落伤引起的。许多开放性骨折的分布曲线与总体骨折分布曲线不同，高能量开放性骨折在年轻男性中更为常见，低能量开放性骨折在老年女性中更为常见。我们还讨论了单一和多发性开放性骨折的损伤方式和不同的人口统计学特征。
