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Table 1 Mechanisms of injuries. Patients in the younger and older age groups are compared

From: Is Early Appropriate Care of axial and femoral fractures appropriate in multiply-injured elderly trauma patients?

 

≤30 y/o (n = 114)

≥60 y/o (n = 37)

p

Falls

17 (14.9 %)

15 (40.5 %)

0.002

MVC

60 (52.6 %)

18 (48.6 %)

0.708

MCC

14 (12.3 %)

4 (10.8 %)

1.000

GSW

12 (10.5 %)

0 (0.0 %)

0.039

Pedestrian

7 (6.1 %)

0 (0.0 %)

0.195

Combo

3 (2.6 %)

0 (0.0 %)

1.000

Other

1 (0.9 %)

0 (0.0 %)

1.000

  1. MVC motor vehicle collision, MCC motorcycle collision, GSW gunshot wound
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Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research

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