Table 3.
Size of Fracture Gap at the Time of the Initial Surgery* | Protocol Deviation if Re-Operation before 6 Months** | Study Event |
0 (no fracture gap) | Yes | Yes – Primary Event |
Fracture gap less than 1 cm | Yes | Yes – Primary Event |
Fracture gap greater than or equal to 1 cm | No | No |
* This refers to the magnitude of circumferential bone loss as judged by the adjudicator on review of the post-operative radiograph, or non-circumferential bone loss as judged by the adjudicator in the presence of cortical continuity of 0 or 25% as judged by the surgeon at the time of operation and recorded on our study forms.
** For nonunion, malunion, dynamization, not infection