Table 1.
Descriptive patient dependent data
| Parameter | Categories | ORIF (n = 2000) | ARIF (n = 48) | Fracturoscopy (n = 52) | SMD | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean (SD) | Range | Mean (SD) | Range | Mean (SD) | Range | ORIF vs. fracturoscopy | ||
| Age (years) | 50.3 (15.1) | 18–95 | 42.8 (13.3) | 20–77 | 48.4 (15.4) | 18–82 | 0.13 | |
| Weight (kg) | 80 (19) | 34–172 | 78.8 (14.7) | 54–120 | 77.9 (17.7) | 47–120 | 0.11 | |
| BMI (kg/m2) | 26.7 (5.4) | 11.4–52 | 25.9 (4.4) | 18–36 | 25.8 (5) | 17.3–39 | 0.17 | |
| Parameter | Categories | ORIF (n = 2000) | ARIF (n = 48) | Fracturoscopy (n = 52) | SMD | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | % | n | % | n | % | OR | ||
| Sex | Male | 1087 | 54.4 | 24 | 50.0 | 32 | 61.5 | 1.34 |
| Female | 912 | 45.6 | 24 | 50.0 | 20 | 38.5 | ||
| Age category | ≤ 39 years | 475 | 23.8 | 21 | 43.8 | 16 | 30.8 | 1.43 |
| 40–64 years | 1184 | 59.2 | 25 | 52.1 | 29 | 55.8 | ||
| 65–79 years | 273 | 13.7 | 2 | 4.2 | 6 | 11.5 | ||
| ≥ 80 years | 68 | 3.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1.9 | ||
| Comorbidities | None | 1180 | 59.5 | 33 | 68.8 | 36 | 69.2 | 1.53 |
| 1–3 | 703 | 35.4 | 14 | 29.2 | 13 | 25.0 | ||
| 4–5 | 75 | 3.8 | 1 | 2.1 | 2 | 3.8 | ||
| ≥ 6 | 26 | 1.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1.9 | ||
| DM | No/unknown | 1877 | 94.0 | 48 | 100.0 | 47 | 90.4 | 1.66 |
| Yes | 120 | 6.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 9.6 | ||
| Smoking | No/unknown | 1642 | 82.4 | 28 | 59.6 | 36 | 69.2 | 2.08 |
| Yes | 351 | 17.6 | 19 | 40.4 | 16 | 30.8 | ||
| IS | No/unknown | 1964 | 98.3 | 48 | 100.0 | 52 | 100.0 | – |
| Yes | 33 | 1.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | ||
BMI body mass index, DM diabetes mellitus, ORIF open reduction and internal fixation, ARIF arthroscopy reduction and internal fixation, SD standard deviation, SMD standardised mean difference, OR odds ratio, IS immunosuppression