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Table 3 Concomitant lesions_ upper limb nerve injury

From: Nerve injury in severe trauma with upper extremity involvement: evaluation of 49,382 patients from the TraumaRegister DGU® between 2002 and 2015

 

control group

PNI group

head (%)_AIS > 1

43,9 (CI 43,3 - 44,5)

31,5 (CI 28,9–34,4)

thorax (%)_AIS > 1

65,5 (CI 64,8 - 66,2)

66,4 (CI 62,4 - 70,5)

abdomen(%)_AIS > 1

19,6 (CI 19,2 - 20,0)

25,1 (CI 22,7 - 27,7)

spine (%)_AIS > 1

31,7 (CI 31,2 - 32,2)

34,1 (CI 31,3 - 37,1)

pelvis (%)_AIS > 1

20,5 (CI 20,0 - 20,9)

20,7 (CI 18,5 - 23,1)

legs (%)_AIS > 1

37,1 (CI 36,5–37,6)

41,9 (CI 38,8 - 45,2)

bone_scapula (%)

18,4 (CI 18,0 - 18,8)

13,3 (CI 11,6–15,2)

bone_clavicula (%)

25,3 (CI 24,9 - 25,8)

13,4 (CI 11,6–15,3)

bone_upper arm (%)

15,7 (CI 15,3 - 16,1)

37,2 (CI 34,3 - 40,3)

bone_radius (%)

25,1 (CI 24,6 - 25,5)

28,5 (CI 26,0–31,3)

bone_ulna (%)

12,9 (CI 12,6–13,2)

20,3 (CI 18,1–22,6)

bone_hand (%)

12,0 (CI 11,7 - 12,4)

12,9 (CI 11,2 - 14,8)

joint_shoulder (%)

6,7 (CI 6,5 - 6,9)

7,0 (CI 5,7 - 8,4)

joint_elbow (%)

3,0 (CI 2,9 - 3,2)

5,7 (CI 4,6 - 6,9)

joint_wrist (%)

1,6 (CI 1,5 - 1,7)

2,1 (CI 1,5 - 3,0)

vessel_artery_arm (%)

0,5 (CI 0,4 - 0,6)

10,9 (CI 9,3 - 12,6)

vessel_vein_arm (%)

0,1 (CI 0,1 - 0,1)

2,4 (CI 1,7 - 3,3)

soft tissue_arm (%)

15,8 (CI 15,4–16,2)

21,3 (CI 19,1–23,6)

  1. Specification of accompanying involvement of other body regions, bones, joints, vessels and soft tissue in PNI and control patients. AIS Abbreviated Injury Scale, CI Confidence Interval of 95%