Table 2 The relationship between fracture types and location of comminution
Variables | With comminution (n = 212) | Without comminution (n = 172) | P value | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Anterior comminution (n = 14) | Posterior comminution (n = 88) | Superior comminution (n = 16) | Inferior comminution (n = 60) | Multiple comminution (n = 34) | |||
Garden classification |  < 0.001 | ||||||
No-displacement fracture (Garden I/II) | 14 (8.9) | 142 (91.1) | 0.063 | ||||
0 (0.0) | 6 (3.8) | 0 (0.0) | 8 (5.1) | 0 (0.0) | |||
Displacement fractures (Garden III/IV) | 198 (86.8) | 30 (13.2) | |||||
14 (6.1) | 82 (36.0) | 16 (7.0) | 52 (22.8) | 34 (14.9) | |||
Pauwels classification |  < 0.001 | ||||||
Type I | 2 (3.2) | 60 (96.8) | 0.330 | ||||
0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 2 (3.2) | 0 (0.0) | |||
Type II | 106 (53.5) | 92 (46.5) | |||||
8 (4.0) | 44 (22.2) | 6 (3.0) | 34 (17.2) | 14 (7.1) | |||
Type III | 104 (83.9 | 20 (16.1) | |||||
6 (4.8) | 44 (35.5) | 10 (8.1) | 24 (19.4) | 20 (16.1) | |||