Table 3.
Patients details.
| Total number of patients included in study | 22 | |
|---|---|---|
| Fracture side | Right | 15 |
| Left | 7 | |
| Gender | Male | 17 |
| Female | 5 | |
| Mechanism of injury | Road traffic accident | 18 (81.8%) |
| Fall from height | 1 (4.5%) | |
| Machinery injury | 1 (4.5) | |
| Complex gap non union following chronic osteomyelitis | 2 | |
| Number patients with external fixator in situ | 08 (36.4%) | |
| Number of patients with infected nail in situ | 05 (22.7%) | |
| Number of patients with infected plate in situ | 03 (13.6%) | |
| Number of patients who had prior plastic surgery | 08 (36.4%) | |
| Number of patients with raised ESR | 22 | |
| Number of patients with raised CRP | 22 | |
| Mean number of previous surgery | 02.43 (range 1–5) | |
| Mean time from injury to presentation | 1.8 years (range 6 months–19 years) | |