Table 1.

Demographics, fracture patterns, and trauma severity of the cohort

	Overall N = 44 (%)	Masquelet N = 17 (%)	Vascularized bone N = 27 (%)	p-value
Age (mean ± SD)	37.41 ± 15.43	43.71 ± 16.37	33.44 ± 13.65	0.03
Sex				0.473
Female	10 (22.7%)	5 (29.4%)	5 (18.5%)
Male	34 (77.3%)	12 (70.6%)	22 (81.5%)
BMI (mean ± SD)	25.32 ± 4.40	25.88 ± 3.86	24.94 ± 4.77	0.487
Fracture type				0.521
IIIA	4 (9.1%)	2 (11.8%)	2 (7.4%)
IIIB	23 (52.3%)	7 (41.2%)	16 (59.3%)
IIIC	17 (38.6%)	8 (47.1%)	9 (33.3%)
Fracture site				0.577
Proximal metaphysis	10 (22.7%)	3 (17.6%)	7 (25.9%)
Diaphysis	20 (45.5%)	7 (41.2%)	13 (48.1%)
Distal metaphysis	14 (31.8%)	7 (41.2%)	7 (25.9%)
Bone gap (mean ± SD)	74.83 ± 42.67	51.16 ± 16.23	94.94 ± 47.97	0.001
With Fibula	42 (95.5%)	17 (100.0%)	25 (92.6%)	0.515
Vascular or nerve injury	18 (40.9%)	9 (52.9%)	9 (33.3%)	0.255
MESS (mean ± SD)	4.50 ± 1.41	4.94 ± 1.20	4.22 ± 1.48	0.099
AOIO*				0.102
3	17 (38.6%)	4 (23.5%)	13 (48.1%)
4	27 (61.4%)	13 (76.5%)	14 (51.9%)
AOMT*				0.431
3	15 (34.1%)	7 (41.2%)	8 (29.6%)
4	29 (65.9%)	10 (58.8%)	19 (70.4%)
AONV*				0.244
1	23 (52.3%)	7 (41.2%)	16 (59.3%)
2	2 (4.5%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (7.4%)
3	19 (43.2%)	10 (58.8%)	9 (33.3%)
ISS > 16	7 (15.9%)	3 (17.6%)	4 (14.8%)	0.863
DM**	2 (4.5%)	1 (5.9%)	1 (3.7%)	0.736
HTN***	2 (4.5%)	1 (5.9%)	1 (3.7%)	0.736
Smoking	20 (45.5%)	6 (35.3%)	14 (51.9%)	0.283
Infection before surgery	26 (59.1%)	11 (64.7%)	15 (55.6%)	0.548

^*AOIO: AO soft-tissue grading system of open skin injury; AOMT: AO soft-tissue grading system of muscle/tendon injury; AONV: AO soft-tissue grading system of neurovascular injury; BMI: body mass index; **DM: diabetes mellitus; ***HTN: hypertension; ISS: Injury Severity Score; MESS: Mangled Extremity Severity Score; SD: standard deviation