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. 2018 Jul 18;9(7):92–99. doi: 10.5312/wjo.v9.i7.92

Table 3.

Fracture information of patients involved throughout studies

Exchange nailing
Dynamization
EN vs dynam
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.