2. Number of days to achieve discharge criteria (Kwon 2007).

Anterior approach			Posterior approach
Case	Days	Complications	Case	Days	Complications
1	1		1	1.5
2	1.5		2	1.5
3	1.5		3	2
4	1.5		4	2
5	1.5		5	2
6	1.5		6	2.5
7	2		7	2.5
8	2		8	2.5
9	2.5		9	3
10	2.5		10	3	Pseudarthrosis requiring revision
11	3		11	3.5
12	3		12	3.5
13	3	Infection at bone graft site at 3 weeks	13	4
14	3.5		14	4
15	4		15	4
16	4		16	5
17	4		17	5
18	4.5		18	6	(non‐union but not listed as a complication)
19	4.5		19	17	Wound infection, 2 weeks of oral antibiotics
20	24	Severe medical complications postoperatively	20	18	Wound infection, 2 weeks of oral antibiotics
			21	28	Wound infection, 3 weeks of oral antibiotics
			22	42	MSRA wound infection, 6 weeks of intravenous antibiotics + surgical debridement

MSRA = methicillin‐resistant Staphylococcus aureus