Table 2.

Surgical characteristics of all 12 patients with nonunion.

	Fracture site		Fracture reduction		Direction of nail		Pattern of insertion
Case No.	Proximal	Distal	Satisfactory	Unsatisfactory	Antegrade	Retrograde	Reamed	Unreamed
1		+	+		+			+
2		+		+		+		+
3	+			+	+			+
4		+		+	+		+
5		+		+	+			+
6		+		+	+		+
7	+		+		+			+
8		+	+		+		+
9	+			+		+		+
10		+		+	+		+
11		+	+		+		+
12		+		+	+			+