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Open injury
87%
1044/1205
Workers' Compensation involvement
9%
106/1205
Adjunct use of allograft
1%
9/1205
Contralateral calcaneus fracture
14/1205
Male sex
2%
28/1205
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According to the referenced study by Folk et al, the risk of early wound complications is highest in open injuries, diabetics, and smokers. No significant differences were seen in complication rates in terms of: age, sex, other pre-existing medical conditions, social history, mechanism of injury, time from injury to surgical stabilization, the type of incision used, use of preoperative antibiotics, or type of wound closure. Notably, 25% of the patients had some sort of early wound complication, and 21% of the patients required surgical treatment due to their wound complication. Their conclusion: "Smoking, diabetes, and open fractures all increase the risk of wound complication after surgical stabilization of calcaneus fractures. Cumulative risk factors increase the likelihood of wound complications."
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