Table 3.

Summary of the results

	N	%
Total number of cases	32	100%
Age (years)	19–52y	Average 24 y
Gender	Males: 27 Females: 5	84.4% 15.6%
Previous surgery	32 cases (2–4) operations	100% Average: 3
Etiology	Open fracture: 9 Plate Fixation: 12 IMN fixation: 11	28.1% 37.5% 34.4%
Comorbidities	Smoker: 14 HTN: 1 No comorbidities: 17	43.8% 3.1% 53.1%
Duration of infection (months)	4–28 months	Average: 10.7
Culture	MRSA: 16 Staph. a: 1 E. Coli: 7 Klebsiella: 6 Negative: 2	50% 3.1% 21.9% 18.8% 6.2%
Site of the bone defect	Upper 1/3:8 Middle 1/3:13 Lower 1/3:11	25% 40.6% 34.4%
Size of bone defect (cm)	4:14.5	Average: 6
Soft tissue defect (Y/N)	Yes: 28 No soft tissue defect: 4	87.5 12.5
Full weigh bearing (months)	4.5:18	Average: 7.5
External fixator index (day/cm)	35:60	Average: 45
Follow-up (months)	16:36	Average: 28
Results	Satisfactory: 27 out of 30 Unsatisfactory: 3 out of 30	90% 10%
Complications	Persistent pain: 2 LLD: 3 Joint stiffness: 2	6.7% 10% 6.7%