Multiple injuries after earthquakes: a retrospective analysis on 1,871 injured patients from the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake

Table 5 Most frequent combinations of fractures by body region in 152 patients with two-fractures.

Body regions	n (%)
Single body region
Ankle-foot	14 (9.2)
Elbow, forearm	7 (4.6)
Pelvis	6 (3.9)
Knee-lower leg	4 (2.6)
Thorax	4 (2.6)
Hip, thigh	3 (2.0)
Shoulder, upper arm	3 (2.0)
Multiple body regions
Thorax, lower back†	14 (9.2)
Knee-lower leg, ankle-foot†	8 (5.3)
Pelvis, hip-thigh†	6 (3.9)
Thorax, elbow-forearm	5 (3.3)
Shoulder-upper arm, wrist-hand	5 (3.3)
Elbow-forearm, wrist-hand†	5 (3.3)
Hip-thigh, knee-lower leg†	5 (3.3)
Thorax, knee-lower leg	5 (3.3)
Lower back, ankle-foot	5 (3.3)
Shoulder-upper arm, knee-lower leg	5 (3.3)
Thorax, shoulder-upper arm†	4 (2.6)
Lower back, knee-lower leg	4 (2.6)
Shoulder-upper arm, ankle-foot	4 (2.6)
Lower back, pelvis†	3 (2.0)
Thorax, ankle-foot	3 (2.0)
Pelvis, elbow-forearm	3 (2.0)
Elbow-forearm, knee-lower leg	3 (2.0)
Head, knee-lower leg	2 (1.3)
Lower back, elbow-forearm	2 (1.3)
Hip-thigh, ankle-foot	2 (1.3)

* Includes injury combinations accounting for more than one percent of the sample. Only 152 patients for whom both fractures were diagnosed using X-rays or computed tomography were included. Twenty-five patients were excluded. † Indicates neighboring body regions. IDs, injury diagnoses; NOS, not otherwise specified; PHDC, People's Hospital of Deyang city.

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