Table 1.
Demographic and fracture-related data in each group.
| Group | A | B | C | D |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patients (n) | 11 | 23 | 7 | 7 |
| Mean AFI (%) | 14.3 | 35.9 | 59.5 | 81.2 |
| Age (y) | 44.7 | 42.7 | 44.6 | 48.4 |
| Sex (male/female) | 10/1 | 18/5 | 7/0 | 6/1 |
| Fracture etiology | ||||
| Fall from height | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| Crush injury | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Traffic accident | 7 | 18 | 5 | 5 |
| Hip dislocation | 9 | 16 | 2 | 4 |
| Primary sciatic nerve injury | 3 | 6 | 1 | 1 |
| Lower limb fracture | 3 | 6 | 3 | 5 |
| Brain injury | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Trauma-to-surgery time (d) | 11.1 | 16.3 | 11.1 | 9.7 |
| Surgical duration (min) | 163.7 | 143.3 | 189.3 | 172.1 |
| Blood loss (ml) | 872.7 | 704.3 | 1221.4 | 855.7 |
| Operative complications | ||||
| Iatrogenic sciatic nerve injury | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Infection | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Reduction quality | ||||
| Anatomical | 4 | 16 | 4 | 5 |
| Good | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 |
| Poor | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Radiological evaluation | ||||
| Traumatic arthritis | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Heterotopic ossification | 6 | 7 | 3 | 1 |
| Avascular necrosis of the femoral head | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Physical therapy duration (months) | 36.0 | 23.7 | 22.9 | 22.6 |
| Merle’d Aubigne and Postel functional hip score | ||||
| Excellent | 2 | 10 | 4 | 4 |
| Good | 5 | 9 | 2 | 3 |
| Fair | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Poor | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Data are presented as number of patients unless otherwise indicated.
AFI, acetabular fracture index