Table 2.

Median healing time

	Total	Ilizarov frame	TSF
Median healing time	163 days	163 days	163 days
Co-morbidity events
0	160 days	154 days	168 days
1	178 days	187 days	171 days
>2	160 days	163 days	143 days
Smoking
No	165 days	161 days	177 days
Yes	178 days	181 days	173 days
Unknown	147 days	143 days
Fracture type
Tibial shaft	168 days	175 days	156 days
Pilon	153 days	153 days	181 days*
Plateau	160 days	158 days	186 days

** TSF = Taylor Spatial Frame

Fracture type: TSF pilon*, plateau** and unknown**