Vaginal Laceration in an Open Pelvic Fracture Case Report: A Novel, Prophylactic Antibiotic Delivery Mechanism

Table 1

A total of 8 studies composing of 343 pelvic fractures and associated genitourinary injuries.

Authors	Patients	Mortality rate (%)	Infection rate (%)	GU injury rate (%)	GI injury rate (%)	% female	Vaginal laceration rate (%)
Cannada et al.	64	23	6	17	31	32.8	43
Black et al.	52	19	N/A	8	27	17.3	56
Fu et al.	42	26	12	14	2	N/A	N/A
Giordano et al.	30	40	40	23	36	N/A	N/A
Dong et al.	41	24	17	29	37	N/A	N/A
Dente et al.	44	45	15	4	27	31.8	21
Perry et al.	31	42	16	39	N/A	29.0	11
Jones et al.	39	42	21	23	33	30.8	33
Total (weighted avg. %)	343	31	14	18	30	65	34

GI = gastrointestinal; GU = genitourinary; # = number; % = percent; GI injuries listed as “abdominal injury”.