Table 1.

Preoperative patient details

Details	Number (%)
Patients number	60
Mean age (years)	52.8 (18-86)
Male/female ratio	29/31
Right/left ratio	33/27
Isolated fracture	54
Mechanism of injury (%)	Fall from a height (50%), RTA (45%)
	Other causes 5%
Fracture type (OTA)	41-A: 5
	41-B: 28
	41-C: 27
Initial external fixation	Yes: 28
	No: 32
Open/closed	7/53

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