Table 3.
Outcomes of patients with infected, segmental nonunions of the tibial shaft treated by bone transport, Masquelet, and vascularized fibular graft
| Variable | Bone transport n = 523 |
Masquelet n = 105 |
Vascularized fibular graft n = 57 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Follow-up time (months) | 29.4 (IQR 12.83)* |
29.5 (SD 11.34) Median: 32,91 |
34.6 (SD 8.37) Median: 34.5 (IQR 16.55) |
| Mean union time (months) | 10.0 (SD 5.58) | 8.6 (SD 1.81) | 6.8 (SD 2.51) |
| Infection recurrence (%) | 1.6 | 14.4 | 7.0 |
| Bone union (%) | 94.3 | 89.5 | 96.5 |
| External fixation time (months) | 11.5 (SD 3.72) | 7.31 | 9.71 |
| Time until full weight-bearing (months) | 8.8 (SD 1.98) | 7.6 (SD 0.53) | 12.11 |
| Mean number of complications per patient | 1.58 (SD 0.89) | 0.78 (SD 0.37) | 0.73 (SD 0.75) |
Absolute amount, percentages, or median and interquartile range
The data did not be reported in studies
SD standard deviation
IQR interquartile range
1Population too small for IQR/SD
*Non-normally distributed data