Diabetic Pilon Factures: Are They as Bad as We Think?

Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma
Lasun O OladejiBrett D Crist

Abstract

To identify how diabetes impacts the risk of complications requiring further surgery (deep surgical site infection, nonunion, amputation, and arthrodesis) after pilon fracture fixation. Retrospective cohort study. Level 1 academic trauma center. Two hundred seventy-nine pilon fractures (276 patients) were identified. A retrospective review was performed to find patients who presented for open reduction and internal fixation of a tibial pilon fracture (OTA/AO 43). Patient demographics, medical comorbidities, OTA/AO fracture type, and surgical outcomes were reviewed. Patients were stratified into cohorts based on the presence or absence of diabetes at the time of surgery. The complications of interest that proved significant during univariate analyses were then entered into a multivariable logistic regression model using a stepwise method to identify the independent predictors for complications. There were 43 fractures (15.4%) in patients with diabetes mellitus; 17 (39.5%) of whom were insulin-dependent diabetics. Diabetic patients were significantly more likely to have a higher body mass index (34.81 vs. 29.57, P = 0.002) and be older (55.30 ± 16.3 years vs. 41.70 ± 14.05, P < 0.001) at the time of injury. Patients without diabe...Continue Reading

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