Table 1.
Comparison of the groups for the radiographic and the clinical results as per the “ASAMI classification (1995)”
| Radiographic results | Clinical results | |||||
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| Excellent | Good | Fair/poor | Excellent | Good | Fair/poor/failure | |
| Group IL | 15 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 3 | 1 |
| Group LRS | 13 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 4 | 4 |
| P | 0.23 | 0.35 | ||||
| ≤6 cm bone gap Group IL-15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 2 |
| Group I LRS-14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 3 |
| P | 0.25 | 0.44 | ||||
| >6 cm bone gap Group IL-5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| Group LRS-6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| P | 0.089 | 0.96 | ||||
| Overall | ||||||
| ≤6 cm bone gap-29 | 18 | 6 | 5 | 16 | 7 | 6 |
| >6 cm bone gap-11 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 2 |
| P | 0.007 | 0.85 | ||||
| Total | 21 | 9 | 6 | 28 | 7 | 5 |
IL: Ilizarov, LRS: Limb Reconstruction System