Table 3.

Correlations among some variables were found in this study. Those with a statistically significant correlation (p < 0.05) are shown in black and with an asterisk. The remaining variables showed no significant (NS) correlation. AOA = ankle osteoarthritis. HR = hardware removal. AOFAS = American Orthopedic Foot and Ankle Society.

	Skin necrosis	Infection	Flap	Nonunion	Early posttraumatic AOA	AOFAS
Age	NS	NS	NS	NS	NS	NS
Gender	NS	NS	NS	NS	NS	NS
Side NS		NS	NS	NS	NS	NS
Type C AO classification	p = 0.006*	NS	NS	NS	NS	p= 0.018*
Type of fracture (closed- open) NS		NS	p = 0.002*	p = 0.055*	NS	NS
Energy of trauma NS			NS	NS	NS	NS
Fibula fracture	NS	NS	NS	NS	NS	NS
External fixator (EF) NS		NS	p = 0.01*	NS	NS	NS
Time to definitive surgery NS			NS	NS	NS	NS
Stage	NS	NS	NS	NS	NS	NS
Anteromedial approach	p = 0.021 *	NS	NS	NS	p = 0.048*	NS
Type of osteosynthesis NS		NS	NS	p = 0.035*	NS	NS
Quality of reduction NS		NS	NS	NS	NS	p = 0.002*
Bone graft NS		NS	NS	p = 0.054*	NS	p = 0.054*
HR	NS	NS	NS	NS	NS	p = 0.045*
Associated fractures NS		NS	NS	NS	NS	NS