Table 3.
Details of complications
| Complications | Group A | Group B | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Problems | Obstacles | Total | Problems | Obstacles | |
| Pin-tract infection | 11 | 11 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 0 |
| Wire breakage | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Interlocking screw breakage | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Intramedullary nail breakage | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Premature consolidation | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Delayed consolidation | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Distal migration of fibula | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Knee flexion contracture | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Ankle flexion contracture | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| Axial deviation | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 23 | 20 | 3 | 24 | 19 | 5 |
| Rate of complication | 1.0 | 0.47 | ||||
Values are given as the number of tibiae. There were 23 tibiae in group A and 51 in group B