Table 4 Clinical and radiographic outcomes by the presence or absence of a prominent fracture gap
Gap - (n = 4) | Gap + (n = 7) | p value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Broken periods (months) | 5.78 ± 1.01 | 5.84 ± 1.32 | 1 | |
Surgical time (min) | 97.25 ± 5.19 | 100.00 ± 9.13 | 0.62 | |
Bleeding (ml) | 362.50 ± 36.86 | 372.86 ± 42.41 | 0.775 | |
FT (min) | 2.75 ± 0.37 | 2.70 ± 0.37 | 1 | |
HD | 20.00 ± 2.16 | 21.00 ± 2.71 | 0.702 | |
TAD (salvage surgery) | Immediate | 22.12 ± 0.47 | 22.43 ± 1.08 | 0.39 |
12 months | 22.98 ± 1.02 | 23.11 ± 0.64 | 1 | |
LD (salvage surgery) | Immediate | 3.45 ± 1.76 | 3.59 ± 0.81 | 0.648 |
12 months | 4.30 ± 1.85 | 4.07 ± 0.81 | 0.774 | |
HHS | 3 months | 65.50 ± 2.65 | 66.00 ± 3.65 | 0.487 |
6 months | 71.75 ± 1.50 | 72.86 ± 2.27 | 0.34 | |
9 months | 75.75 ± 0.96 | 76.43 ± 0.79 | 0.266 | |
12 months | 78.25 ± 0.50 | 78.86 ± 1.21 | 0.422 | |
FB (weeks) | 8.43 ± 0.85 | 8.44 ± 0.86 | 0.788 | |
RO (weeks) | 18.25 ± 0.75 | 17.93 ± 1.00 | 0.776 | |
Fx union (weeks) | 21.43 ± 2.12 | 21.53 ± 1.68 | 1 |