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Table 3 Missed extremity and musculoskeletal injuries after polytrauma

From: Missed injuries in trauma patients: A literature review

Study

N

Foot/Ankle

Leg

Hip/Pelvis

Wrist/Hand

Arm

Spine

Chan et al., 1980 [19]

327

22.4%

16.3%

18.4%

10.2%

12.2%

6.1%

Born et al., 1989 [14]

1006

23.1%

10.3%

10.3%

5.1%

38.5%

12.8%

Juhl et al., 1990 [13]

783

23.4%

6.3%

8.5%

32.9%

10.6%

7.4%

Rizoli et al., 1994 [7]

432

8.1%

5.1%

2.7%

17.6%

16.2%

9.5%

Kremli, 1996 [18]

638

17.5%

32.5%

16.3%

6.2%

16.3%

7.5%

Robertson et al., 1996 [8]

3996

8.6%

10%

3%

11.4%

7.1%

10%

Janjua et al., 1998 [2]

206

Lower Limb:15.2%

6.5%

Upper Limb:26.6%

4.2%

Buduhan et al., 2000 [5]

567

Extremiries: 33.3%

7.9%

Extremiries: 33.3%

7.9%

Guly, 2001 [21]

934

25.8%

4.3%

4.9%

17.2%/21.7%

15.1%

3.4%

Houshian et al., 2002 [1]

876

12.8%

8.1%

8.1%

8.1%

11.6%

5.8%

Vles et al., 2003 [3]

3879

12.2%

6.1%

6.1%

4.1%

12.2%

8%

Soundappan et al., 2004 [20]

76

Lower Limb: 31%

-

Upper Limb: 23%

15%

Kalemoglu et al., 2006 [6]

709

Extremiries: 38.2%

9.3%

Extremiries: 38.2%

9.3%

  1. N = Patients in study