Table 2.

Radiological assessment of fractures in traumatic caused geriatric fractures. Comparing the group of Empty Defect treatment (ED) with Bone substitutes material (BSM) in six follow-ups (FU) examinations.

Pattern of Fractures	Bone Substitute Grafting	Empty Defect Treatment	p-Value (Mann-Whitney)
Fracture edge	[3.00:5,00; 4.71 ± 0.54]	[3.00:5,00; 4.70 ± 0.55]	1
	[2.00:4,00; 3.30 ± 0.65]	[3.00:5,00; 3.49 ± 0.66]	0.424
	[1.00:5,00; 2.63 ± 0.79]	[2.00:5,00; 3.29 ± 0.86]	0.002
	[1.00:3,00; 1.60 ± 0.86]	[1.00:5,00; 2.59 ± 0.91]	<0.001
	[1.00:2,00; 1.07 ± 0.26]	[1.00:5,00; 2.10 ± 1.17]	<0.001
	[1.00:2,00; 1.18 ± 0.40]	[1.00:2,00; 1.38 ± 0.52]	0.603
Fracture gap	[2.00:6,00; 5.04 ± 1.04]	[3.00:6,00; 5.34 ± 0.96]	0.058
	[2.00:5,00; 3.33 ± 0.86]	[2.00:6,00; 3.92 ± 1.23]	0.020
	[1.00:5,00; 2.49 ± 0.88]	[2.00:6,00; 3.20 ± 1.30]	0.024
	[1.00:6,00; 2.00 ± 1.17]	[1.00:6,00; 2.62 ± 1.12]	0.004
	[1.00:2,00; 1.33 ± 0.49]	[1.00:6,00; 2.45 ± 1.40]	0.002
	[1.00:3,00; 1.36 ± 0.67]	[1.00:3,00; 2.00 ± 0.93]	0.12
Articular surface	[1.00:4,00; 2.85 ± 1.17]	[1.00:4,00; 2.89 ± 1.30]	0.547
	[1.00:4,00; 2.50 ± 1.36]	[1.00:4,00; 3.00 ± 1.26]	0.104
	[1.00:4,00; 1.97 ± 1.23]	[1.00:4,00; 2.77 ± 1.24]	0.013
	[1.00:4,00; 1.73 ± 1.08]	[1.00:4,00; 2.34 ± 1.11]	0.022
	[1.00:3,00; 1.60 ± 0.63]	[1.00:4,00; 2.10 ± 1.02]	0.163
	[1.00:2,00; 1.18 ± 0.40]	[1.00:3,00; 1.63 ± 0.74]	0.249