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Table 2 Surgical procedures after open tibial fractures among 3.777 patients, n = cases

From: Lower extremity soft tissue reconstruction and amputation rates in patients with open tibial fractures in Sweden during 1998–2010

 

All patients

 

n

%

Flaps

  

 Total

342

100

 Free flaps

102

30

 Pedicled flaps

83

22

 Skin graft only

166

48

Amputations

 

 Total

125

100

 Transfemoral

30

24

 Knee disarticulation

17

14

 Transtibial

74

59

 Ankle and foot

4

3