TABLE I.

Outcome Scores

Score*	Treatment Cohort†	Control Cohort†	P Value
Radiographic, 1 month postop.	1.46 ± 0.299	3.1 ± 0.32	0.016
Radiographic, 3 months postop.	0.33 ± 0.23	1.24 ± 2.06	0.90
Gross pathologic	0 ± 0	1.25 ± 0.57	0.014
Histologic	0.52 ± 0.16	2.05 ± 0.48	0.015

^*According to the semiquantitative scoring system in the Appendix. A low score was more desirable and consistent with normal fracture-healing, whereas a high score was reflective of osteomyelitis.

^†The values are given as the mean and the standard deviation.