Table 1.
Demographic data of the patients preoperatively
| Characteristic | EN + AP group (n = 14) |
DP group (n = 16) |
p value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mean age (years) | 38.8 ± 16.0 (19–71) | 40.9 ± 11.7 (23–68) | 0.684 |
| Sex (M:F) | 9:5 | 13:3 | 0.295 |
| Number of previous surgeries | 0.196 | ||
| 1 | 11 | 9 | |
| ≥ 2 | 3 | 7 | |
| Time since fracture (months) | 32.3 ± 42.3 (9–170) | 31.6 ± 38.0 (9–170) | 0.965 |
| Previous internal fixation (n) | 0.151 | ||
| Nailing | 12 | 10 | |
| Plating | 2 | 6 | |
| Breakage of internal fixation (n) | 7 | 11 | 0.296 |
| Non-union types (n) | 0.79 | ||
| Hypertrophic | 4 | 6 | |
| Oligotrophic | 6 | 5 | |
| Atrophic | 4 | 5 | |
| Deformities (n) | |||
| LLD | 6 | 4 | 0.301 |
| Angulation | 9 | 13 | 0.295 |
| Rotation | 8 | 10 | 0.765 |
| Bone defect (n) | 4 | 5 | 0.873 |