Table 1.
A comparison of the findings of various studies.
| Publication | No of patients | Average age of patient (in yrs) | Average operative time (in mins) | Average fluoroscopy time | Average time to union | Post operative infection (%) | Malalignment (%) | Delayed/Nonunions (%) | Mean AOFAS score at union (Max 100) | Implant removal (% of patients) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Borg et al18 | 21 | – | 82 min | – | 5.44 m | 14.3% | 28.5% | 19% | – | 9.5% |
| Bahari et al19 | 42 | 35 yrs | – | 22.4 wks | 7.14% | 7.14% | ||||
| Mafulli et al20 | 20 | – | – | 0 | 36.8% | 5.3% | ||||
| Redfern et al21 | 20 | 38.3 yrs | – | – | 23 wks | 5% | 5% | 0 | – | 15% |
| Hasenbohler at al22 | 32 | 45 yrs | 86.6 min | – | 75% at 6 m, 84% at 9 m | 3.4% | 0 | 17.2% | – | 65.6% |
| aWilliams et al23 | 20 | – | – | – | – | 10.5% | – | 31.5% | – | – |
| Lau et al24 | 48 | – | – | – | 18.7 wks | 16.7% | – | 10.4% | – | – |
| Gupta et al25 | 71 | – | – | – | – | 3.8% | 2.5% | 12.7% | – | – |
| Ronga et al26 | 21 | – | – | – | – | 42.3% | 19% | 4.8% | – | – |
| aSitnik et al27 | 80 | 43 yrs | – | – | 87.5% by 6 m | 9% | 6% | 13% | – | |
| Hazarika et al28 | 20 | 44.7 yrs | – | – | 58.3% at 6 m (closed #) | 5% | – | 10% (open fractures) | – | 15% |
| J J Guo et al7 | 54 | 44.4 yrs | 97.9 min | 3 min | 17.6 wks | 14.6% | – | – | 83.9 | 92.7% |
| Collinge et al29 | 38 | – | – | – | 21 wks | All inf. Superficial | 2.63% | 8% | 85 | 5% |
| Current study | 50 | 36 yrs | 86.23 min | 30.33 sec | 21.4 wks | 12% | 2% | 2% | 95.06 | 18% |
a
Included AO-41, 42, 43 fractures.