Table 3.

Clinical Characteristics

	#
Etiologies, n (%)
Trauma	59 (88%)
Oncologic	3 (4.5%)
Failed Ankle Fusion	2 (3%)
Hematogenous	2 (3%)
Edema/Vascular	1 (1.5%)
Cierny Osteomyelitis Type, n (%)
Type 1	3 (4%)
Type 2	2 (3%)
Type 3	6 (9%)
Type 4 (non-union)	56 (84%)
Hardware Present, n (%)	48 (72%)
Non-union, n (%)	56 (84%)
# of Prior Surgeries, n (%)
0	1 (1%)
1	13 (19%)
2+	53 (79%)
Cultured Samples, n (%)
Patients with Samples Collected	64 (96%)
Mean # Samples Collected/patient (sd)	5.3 (1.4)
Mean # Positive Samples/patient (sd)	3.9 (2.2)