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Egyptian Journal of Forensic Sciences

Table 3 The distribution of injured nerves by the type of trauma

From: Traumatic spinal cord and peripheral nerve injuries: correlation of trauma type with subsequent disability

Nerves

Motorcycle accidents

Out-vehicle traffic accidents*

In-vehicle traffic accidents

Falls from heights

Crush injuries

Falls

Pull and strain injuries

Firearm injuries

Incisive injuries

Stab injuries

Crush and incisive injuries

Iatrogenic injuries

Total

\({{\varvec{x}}}^{2}\)

Adj. p-value

n

%

Peripheral Nerves (n = 288, 100.0%)

Common fibular

15

5

9

3

2

-

-

6

-

3

1

5

49

17.0

-

0.002b

Ulnar

8

5

11

1

-

-

-

2

8

5

4

-

44

15.3

-

0.023b

Radial

3

6

16

-

-

1

-

4

1

5

3

-

39

13.6

-

0.118b

Digital

2

1

1

-

4

-

-

3

4

17

3

-

35

12.2

-

 < 0.001b

Median

6

6

4

-

-

-

-

1

4

4

3

-

28

9.7

-

0.072b

Tibial

7

3

5

1

1

-

-

4

-

2

-

4

27

9.4

-

0.032b

Brachial plexus

7

5

4

-

1

-

1

3

-

-

-

-

21

7.3

14.252

0.139a

Sural

3

2

2

-

-

-

-

1

-

2

-

3

13

4.5

-

0.076b

Sciatic

1

2

1

-

-

-

-

1

-

1

-

1

7

2.4

7.842

0.567a

Superficial fibular

2

1

1

-

1

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

5

1.7

7.317

0.604a

N. cut. antebrachii med

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

4

-

-

4

1.4

-

-

Axillary

-

-

2

-

-

-

-

1

-

-

-

-

3

1.1

-

-

Deep fibular

1

1

1

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

3

1.1

-

-

Saphenous

2

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

1

-

-

3

1.1

-

-

Femoral

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

1

-

1

-

-

2

0.7

-

-

N. glut. sup

-

-

1

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

1

0.3

-

-

N. cut. fem. ant

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

1

-

-

1

0.3

-

-

Lumbosacral plexus

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

1

-

-

-

-

1

0.3

-

-

Lat. Fem. Cut

-

-

-

1

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

1

0.3

-

-

Not specified

1

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

1

0.3

-

-

Spinal Cord (n = 82, 100.0%)

Cervical

4

4

22

3

1

-

-

1

-

-

-

-

35

42.7

30.807

 < 0.001a

Thoracic

1

3

9

7

3

-

-

1

-

-

-

1

25

30.5

33.672

 < 0.001a

Lumbar

2

1

9

3

-

1

-

2

-

-

-

-

18

21.9

13.954

0.132a

Thoracic + Lumbar

-

-

2

1

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

3

3.7

-

-

Cervical + Lumbar

1

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

1

1.2

-

-

  1. aPearson Chi-Square, Adj. p-value
  2. bMonte Carlo (2-sided) Adj. p-value
  3. *Out-vehicle traffic accidents except for motorcycle accidents
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