Table 2.

Univariate analysis of the prognosis of distal radius fractures after surgery (n, %).

Factors		Cases	Excellent and good (n = 35)	Fair and poor (n = 15)	χ2	P
Gender	Male	28	20 (71.43)	8 (28.57)	2.856	0.081
	Female	22	15 (68.18)	7 (31.82)
Age	≥60 years	19	11 (57.89)	8 (42.11)	4.935	0.042
	<60 years	31	24 (77.42)	7 (22.58)
Cause of injury	Fall from height	8	4 (50.00)	4 (50.00)	6.963	0.021
	Fall injury	20	16 (75.00)	4 (25.00)
	Traffic injury	9	6 (66.67)	3 (33.33)
	Hit wound	6	4 (66.67)	2 (33.33)
	Other reasons	7	5 (71.43)	2 (28.57)
AO type	A	18	16 (88.89)	2 (11.11)	7.264	0.018
	B	15	9 (60.00)	6 (40.00)
	C	17	10 (58.82)	7 (41.18)
Shortening deformity	>5 mm	20	10 (50.00)	10 (50.00)	5.251	0.037
	≤5 mm	30	25 (83.33)	5 (16.67)
Osteoporosis	Yes	28	17 (60.71)	11 (39.29)	4.865	0.043
	No	22	18 (81.82)	4 (18.18)
Surgical methods	Internal fixation	29	22 (75.86)	7 (24.14)	4.219	0.047
	External fixation	21	13 (61.90)	8 (38.10)
Dominant hand injury	Yes	28	20 (71.43)	8 (28.57)	1.269	0.108
	No	22	15 (68.18)	7 (31.82)
Other concurrent ipsilateral fracture	Yes	18	10 (55.56)	8 (44.44)	4.628	0.044
	No	32	25 (78.13)	7 (21.87)
Comminuted fracture	Yes	9	4 (44.44)	5 (55.56)	6.278	0.027
	No	41	31 (75.61)	10 (24.39)
Time from injury to surgery	≥3 h	20	15 (75.00)	5 (25.00)	3.225	0.059
	<3 h	30	20 (66.67)	10 (33.33)
Surgical approach	Dorsal	12	8 (66.67)	4 (33.33)	2.694	0.087
	Palm side	38	27 (71.05)	11 (28.95)
Start exercise time after operation	≤7 d	22	17 (27.27)	5 (22.73)	7.864	0.011
	8∼14 d	18	12 (66.67)	6 (33.33)
	>14 d	10	6 (60.00)	4 (40.00)