Epidemiology of open fractures in sport: One centre’s 15-year retrospective study

Table 3 Orthopaedic management of the open fractures

Fracture location	Wound management + splint/cast	Wound management + ORIF	Wound management + intra-medullary nail	Wound management + K-wire fixation	Wound management + external fixator	Wound management + tension band wire
Finger phalanx	20	3	-	6	1	-
Tibial diaphysis	-	2	17	-	-	-
Ankle	-	7	-	-	-	-
Metacarpal	-	2	-	3	-	-
Distal radius	-	2	-	-	2	-
Proximal ulna	-	1	-	-	-	3
Radius and ulna	-	3	-	-	-	-
Toe phalanx	1	-	-	2	-	-
Distal humerus	-	2	-	-	-	-
Distal tibia	-	1	-	-	1	-
Ulna diaphysis	-	1	-	-	-	-
Clavicle	1	-	-	-	-	-
Pelvis	-	1	-	-	-	-
Patella	-	1	-	-	-	-
Femur	-	-	1	-	-	-
Talus	-	-	-	-	1	-
Total	22	26	18	11	5	3

ORIF: Open reduction internal fixation; K-wire: Kirschner wire.