Table 2.

Results and functional outcomes

Patient number	Humeri number	EFI (days/cm)	Lengthening (%)	Adverse events (Paley classification [19])	Preoperative DASH scores	DASH score after frame removal
1	I	23	56
	II	23	56
2	III	39.9	57		15.74	2.77
	IV	39.9	57		15.74	2.77
3	V	30	35	Pin tract infection (problem)	2.73	2.58
	VI	30	17		2.73	2.58
4	VII	23	31		2.5	2.7
	VIII	25	29	Refracture (obstacle); pin tract infection (problem)	2.5	2.9
5	IX	26	33	Pin tract infection (problem)
6	X	28	42	Radial nerve palsy (obstacle)	7.5	1.66
7	XI	40	47	Refracture (obstacle); radial nerve palsy (problem)	42.5	26.66
8	XII	45	42
9	XIII	45	38
10	XIV	30	38
11	XV	30	32		34.82	33.92
Mean		32	41		14.08	8.72
Difference of means					5.36; SD = 6 .75; p = .04

EFI = external fixation index.