Table 3.

Evaluation of the functional results

Functional results	Infected tibia nonunion	Infected femur nonunion	Total	Criteria
Excellent	25	12	37	Active, no limp, minimum stiffness (loss of <15° knee extension/<15° ankle dorsiflexion), no reflex sympathetic dystrophy (RSD), insignificant pain.
Good	27	15	42	Active, with one or two of the following: limb, stiffness, RSD, significant pain
Fair	13	8	21	Active, with three or all of the following: limb, stiffness, RSD, significant pain
Poor	0	0	0	Inactive (unemployment or inability to return to daily activities because of injury)
Failure	0	0	0	Amputation