Table 1.

Patient demographics, injury, treatment characteristics and rate of infection

	Control	Treatment	P value
Total (n)	83	10
Average age (years)	46	55	0.06
Gender
M	45	6	1.00
F	38	4	1.00
Smoker n (%)	36 (43 %)	2 (20 %)	0.19
Diabetic n (%)	6 (7 %)	0 (0 %)	1.00
Pilon injuries n (%)	46 (55 %)	5 (50 %)	0.75
Plateau injuries n (%)	37 (45 %)	5 (50 %)	0.75
Open injuries n (%)	23 (28 %)	3 (30 %)	1.00
Staged treatment with external-fixation n (%)	74 (89 %)	9 (90 %)	1.00
Time to definitive fixation (days)	15.6	19.8	0.15
Single incision n (%)	34 (41 %)	4 (40 %)	1.00
Dual incision n (%)	49 (59 %)	6 (60 %)	1.00
Presence of compartment syndrome n (%)	7 (8 %)	1 (10 %)	1.00
Superficial infection n (%)	7 (8 %)	0 (0 %)	1.00
Deep infection n (%)	14 (16.8 %)	1 (10 %)	1.00