Table 5.
Univariate analysis for healing of UBC after surgery (n = 64)
|
Clinical factors |
No. of healing (%) |
Univariate analysis |
|---|---|---|
| P -value a | ||
| Sex |
|
|
| Male |
33/41 (80%) |
p = 0.386 |
| Female |
20/23 (87%) |
|
| Age, years |
|
|
| <20 |
42/53 (79%) |
p = 0.103 |
| ≧20 |
11/11 (100%) |
|
| Site |
|
|
| Long bone |
36/45 (80%) |
p = 0.281 |
| Others |
17/19 (89%) |
|
| Size, cm |
|
|
| ≧5 |
28/32 (88%) |
p = 0.320 |
| <5 |
25/32 (78%) |
|
| Multilocular |
|
|
| Yes |
29/35 (83%) |
p = 0.623 |
| No |
24/29 (83%) |
|
| Ballooning |
|
|
| Yes |
32/40 (80%) |
p = 0.341 |
| No |
21/24 (88%) |
|
| Cortex |
|
|
| <2 mm |
36/45 (80%) |
p = 0.299 |
| ≧2 mm |
17/19 (89%) |
|
| Pathological fracture at first visit |
|
|
| Yes |
26/31 (84%) |
p = 0.828 |
| No |
27/33 (82%) |
|
| Hisory of biopsy |
|
|
| Yes |
13/16 (81%) |
p = 0.558 |
| No |
40/48 (83%) |
|
| Surgery |
|
|
| Placement of cannulated screw |
26/35 (74%) |
p = 0.046 |
| Others | 27/29 (93%) |
achi-square test and Fisher’s exact test.