Table 1.
Cohort demographic data.
| Patient Demographics | Total |
|---|---|
| Sex | |
| Male | 32 |
| Female | 21 |
| Age (yrs) | |
| Average | 45.5 |
| Range | 20–83 |
| Laterality | |
| Right | 29 |
| Left | 26 |
| Open/Closed | |
| Open Fractures | 21 |
| Closed Fractures | 34 |
| Initial Management | |
| Plaster of Paris Backslab | 34 |
| External Fixation | 21 |
| Length of Stay (days) | |
| Average | 17 |
| Range | 2–67 |
| ITU admission | |
| Average length of stay (days) | 8.1 |
| Range | 2–16 |
| Total no of patients | 10 |
| Discharge Destination | |
| Home | 38 |
| Other (RLH/NH) | 15 |
| Follow-up (months) | |
| Average | 13.6 |
| Range | 3–55 |
| Evidence of Union | |
| Union | 50 |
| Median time to union (months) | 14 |
| Non-union | 5 |
| Post op Complications | |
| Wound Dehiscence | 1 |
| Non-union | 5 |
| Reason for Reoperation | |
| Prominent metalwork | 1 |
| Non-union | 5 |
| Total | 6 |