Table 1.
Patient characteristics
| Total | llizarov frame | TSF | p-value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of patients | 122 (100%) | 85 (70%) | 37 (30%) | |
| Median age (years) | 45 (IQR: 31-57) | 44 (IQR: 31-57) | 48 (IQR: 40-57) | 0.36 |
| Median body mass index (kg/m2) | 27 (IQR: 24-30) | 27 (IQR: 24-30) | 27 (IQR: 23-31) | 0.93 |
| Sex | 0.14 | |||
| Male | 35 (29%) | 64 (75%) | 23 (62%) | |
| Female | 87 (71%) | 21 (25%) | 14 (38%) | |
| Side | 0.15 | |||
| Left | 48 (39%) | 37 (44%) | 11 (30%) | |
| Right | 74 (61%) | 48 (56%) | 26 (70%) | |
| Co-morbidity events | 0.86 | |||
| 0 | 61 (50%) | 43 (51%) | 18 (49%) | |
| 1 | 26 (21%) | 17 (20%) | 9 (24%) | |
| >2 | 35 (29%) | 25 (29%) | 10 (27%) | |
| Smoking | 64 (75%) | <0.001 | ||
| No | 78 (64%) | 14 (38%) | ||
| Yes | 25 (20%) | 17 (20%) | 8 (22%) | |
| Unknown | 19 (16%) | 4 (5%) | 15 (41%) | |
| Open/closed fracture | 0.11 | |||
| Closed | 87 (71%) | 62 (73%) | 25 (68%) | |
| Open | 27 (22%) | 20 (24%) | 7 (19%) | |
| Unknown | 8 (7%) | 3 (4%) | 5 (14%) | |
| Injury mechanism | 0.04 | |||
| Fall from height | 34 (28%) | 26 (31%) | 8 (22%) | |
| Road traffic accident | 33 (27%) | 27 (32%) | 6 (16%) | |
| Sports injury | 33 (27%) | 20 (24%) | 13 (35%) | |
| High energy (unspecified) | 13 (11%) | 9 (11%) | 4 (11%) | |
| Unknown | 9 (7%) | 3 (4%) | 6 (16%) | |
| Fracture type | <0.001 | |||
| Tibial shaft | 68 (56%) | 34 (40%) | 34 (92%) | |
| Pilon | 32 (26%) | 31 (36%) | 1 (3%) | |
| Plateau | 20 (16%) | 18 (21%) | 2 (5%) | |
| Segmental | 2 (2%) | 2 (2%) | 0 (0%) |