Table 3.
Fracture information of patients involved throughout studies
|
Exchange nailing |
Dynamization |
EN vs dynam |
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| Union/total reported | Significant vs total union rate | Union/total reported | Significant vs total union rate | P-values | |
| No. of patients | 556/644 | - | 84/131 | - | P < 0.0001 |
| Mechanism of injury | |||||
| Crush | 2/2 | NS | 0/0 | - | - |
| Gun shot wound | 2/2 | NS | 0/0 | - | - |
| Motorcycle Accident | 27/35 | NS | 0/0 | - | - |
| Pedestrain/bike vs motor vehicle | 2/6 | P = 0.0045 | 0/0 | - | - |
| Motor vehicle accident | 146/163 | NS | 14/24 | NS | P = 0.0004 |
| Fall | 1/5 | P = 0.0017 | 0/0 | - | - |
| Sporting accident | 1/1 | NS | 0/0 | - | - |
| Industrial accident | 2/3 | NS | 0/0 | - | - |
| Non-traumatic | 0/0 | - | 0/0 | - | - |
| Bombing injury | 0/0 | - | 0/0 | - | - |
| Location of injury | |||||
| Proximal shaft | 26/30 | NS | 2/3 | NS | NS |
| Mid-shaft/isthmal | 139/154 | NS | 32/51 | NS | P < 0.0001 |
| Distal shaft | 38/43 | NS | 1/3 | NS | NS |
| Supra-isthmal | 10/16 | P = 0.0172 | 1/1 | NS | NS |
| Sub-trochanteric | 4/4 | NS | 2/3 | NS | NS |
| Infra-isthmal | 5/9 | P = 0.0265 | 0/0 | - | - |
| Fracture pattern | |||||
| Oblique | 21/21 | NS | 0/0 | NS | - |
| Segmental | 0/0 | - | 2/5 | NS | - |
| Transverse | 14/14 | NS | 0/0 | NS | - |
| Commimuted | 19/21 | NS | 17/30 | NS | P = 0.0219 |
| Open vs closed | |||||
| Closed | 133/162 | NS | 14/24 | NS | P < 0.0001 |
| Opened | 25/32 | NS | 0/0 | - | - |
| I | 1/2 | NS | 0/0 | - | - |
| II | 2/4 | NS | 0/0 | - | - |
| IIIA | 1/2 | NS | 0/0 | - | - |
| IIIB/C | 1/1 | NS | 0/0 | - | - |
| Winquist-Hansen classification | |||||
| Stable | 41/64 | P < 0.0001 | 20/29 | NS | NS |
| O | 7/13 | P = 0.0054 | 0/0 | - | - |
| I | 18/23 | NS | 12/17 | NS | NS |
| II | 16/27 | P = 0.0007 | 6/9 | NS | NS |
| Unstable | 14/23 | P = 0.0028 | 22/36 | NS | NS |
| III | 11/17 | P = 0.0234 | 6/9 | NS | NS |
| IV | 3/6 | P = 0.0387 | 2/2 | NS | NS |
| V | 0/0 | - | 2/2 | NS | - |
| Presence of fracture graph | |||||
| Present | 0/0 | - | 29/44 | NS | - |
| No gap | 0/0 | - | 1/1 | NS | - |
NS: Not significant.