Table 2.

Comparison of intraoperative blood loss, operation time, postoperative partial weight-bearing time, and postoperative full weight-bearing time between the two groups ($\overline{x}\pm s$)

Group	n	Intraoperative blood loss (ml)	Operation time (min)	Postoperative full weight-bearing time (week)	Postoperative full weight-bearing time (month)
Elastic nailing group	25	732.8 ± 121.1	186.9 ± 12.3	3.2 ± 0.3	3.9 ± 0.5
Control group	23	769.8 ± 132.8	184.0 ± 16.2	3.9 ± 0.4	4.3 ± 0.4
t value		− 5.193	0.704	− 6.417	− 4.788
P value		< 0.001	0.485	< 0.001	< 0.001