Table 1.

Basic data and complication statistics of patients with simple vertical fracture of the medial malleolus

Index	Screw group (n = 61)	Buttress plate group (n = 54)	Joint fixed group (n = 52)	P value
Gender (male/female)	40/21	38/16	35/17	0.858*
Age	51.26 ± 9.38	49.41 ± 7.90	49.64 ± 8.63	0.692#
Height (cm)	169.44 ± 6.82	171.89 ± 7.75	170.45 ± 8.01	0.302
Weight (kg)	68.35 ± 7.92	66.70 ± 13.17	66.88 ± 12.88	0.622
Combined fibula fracture (n)	46	40	37	0.874*
Internal fixation failure (n)	10	4	1	0.024*
Abnormal fracture growth and healing (n)	13	6	2	0.019*
Combined with osteoarthritis (n)	14	8	2	0.015*
Combined with osteoporosis (n)	10	16	2	0.002*
Wound abnormality (n)	5	6	6	0.811*

^#, compared by one-way ANOVA analysis; *, compared by Chi-square test