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Table 2 trauma mechanisms_specific nerves

From: Nerve trauma of the lower extremity: evaluation of 60,422 leg injured patients from the TraumaRegister DGU® between 2002 and 2015

 

Femoral nerve

Sciatic nerve

Tibial nerve

Peroneal nerve

car (%)

25,0 (CI 16,3–36,6)

37,9 (CI 30,5–46,4)

32,0 (CI 24,5–41,0)

26,8 (CI 22,4–31,8)

motorbike (%)

31,7 (CI 21,8–44,6)

25,5 (CI 19,6–32,7)

30,9 (CI 23,6–39,8)

35,5 (CI 30,4–41,1)

bicycle (%)

4,8 (CI 1,6–11,2)

3,3 (CI 1,4–6,5)

3,1 (CI 1,1–6,7)

3,8 (CI 2,3–6,0)

pedestrian (%)

10,6 (CI 5,3–18,9)

5,8 (CI 3,1–9,7)

11,3 (CI 7,1–17,2)

12,7 (CI 9,8–16,3)

high fall (> 3 m) (%)

13,5 (CI 7,4–22,6)

12,3 (CI 8,3–17,6)

9,3 (CI 5,5–14,7)

9,9 (CI 7,3–13,1)

low fall (< 3 m) (%)

5,8 (CI 2,1–12,6)

4,5 (CI 2,3–8,1)

3,1 (CI 1,1–6,7)

3,2 (CI 1,8–5,2)

other (%)

8,7 (CI 4,0–16,4)

10,7 (CI 7,0–15,7)

10,3 (CI 6,3–15,9)

8,1 (CI 5,8–11,0)

  1. Table_trauma mechanisms_specific nerves: This table provides detailed information about the proportional differences of underlying accident patterns leading to lower limb injuries with particular extremity nerve involvement. Truncation of numbers in a single column may cause deviations from 100%. CI confidence interval of 95%