Table 1.

Baseline and clinical data

Number	Gender/Age(M/F)/years	Etiology of bone defect	DS (cm)	Latency(day)	Transportation time (d)	EFT (month)	EFI(month/cm)	DR(mm/day)	Follow up time(month)	Complication	Outcomes
1	F/32	Nonunion	4.5	12	47	7.5	1.67	0.96	20	-	Union
2	M/29	PTO	6.2	12	65	10.5	1.69	0.95	23	PTI	Union
3	M/26	Nonunion	4.5	13	48	8.5	1.89	0.94	21	PTI	Union
4	F/37	Nonunion	4.2	14	45	7.6	1.81	0.93	20	-	Union
5	M/45	Open fracture (IIIB)	6.8	12	72	11	1.62	0.94	23	PTI	Union
6	M/36	PTO	6.6	13	69	9.4	1.42	0.96	22	PTI	Union
7	M/37	Open fracture (IIIB)	4.5	13	49	7.8	1.73	0.92	24	-	Union
8	M/26	Nonunion	4.3	12	46	7.3	1.70	0.93	19	-	Union
9	F/29	PTO	6.9	12	72	10.4	1.51	0.96	22	JS, PTI	Union
10	M/30	Open fracture (IIIC)	4.2	13	46	7.4	1.76	0.91	20	-	Union
11	M/51	PTO	4.7	14	50	7.6	1.62	0.94	25	-	Union
12	M/42	Nonunion	6	12	61	9.4	1.57	0.98	24	PTI	Union
13	M/46	Nonunion	6.2	14	64	9.9	1.60	0.97	20	PTI	Union
14	F/45	PTO	6.3	12	66	10.2	1.62	0.95	23	PTI	Union
15	M/39	Nonunion	6.7	13	71	10.6	1.58	0.94	24	PTI	Union
16	M/27	PTO	6.8	12	70	11.2	1.65	0.97	24	JS	Union
Mean	36.1 ± 8		5.6 ± 1.1	12.7 ± 0.8	58.8 ± 10.9	9.1 ± 1.4	1.65 ± 0.11	0.95 ± 0.02	22.1 ± 1.9

PTO, post-traumatic osteomyelitis; DS, defect size; JS, joint stiffness; PTI, pin tract infection;