05 March 2022>: Clinical Research
Conversion from Spanning External Fixation to Open Reduction Internal Fixation Contributes to Healing of Soft Tissues and Fractures in Open Distal Humeral Fractures
Kaige Ma 1ABCDEFG , Donghua Huang 1BC , Chunqing Meng 1E , Hong Wang 1E , Zengwu Shao 1E , Huimin Liu 2C* , Dehao Fu 13A*DOI: 10.12659/MSM.934488
Med Sci Monit 2022; 28:e934488
Table 1 Demographics of the 32 patients.
Demographic variable | Group I | Group II | P value |
---|---|---|---|
No. of patients | 12 | 20 | |
Age (y/o) | 0.422 | ||
Mean (std) | 37.6 (10.4) | 34 (11.9) | |
Sex | 0.706 | ||
Male (%) | 7 (21.9%) | 13 (40.6%) | |
Female (%) | 5 (15.6%) | 7 (21.9%) | |
0.019 | |||
I | 0 | 7 | |
II | 10 | 13 | |
IIIA | 2 | 0 | |
0.942 | |||
C1 | 3 | 4 | |
C2 | 8 | 14 | |
C3 | 1 | 2 | |
4.0 (5.92) | |||
Mean time before admission. H | |||
Mean (std) | 5.8 (2.82) | 6 (2.90) | 0.879 |
Mean Hospitalization days | |||
Mean (std) | 13.25 (0.509) | 11.75 (0.68) | 0.131 |
Mean follow-up period. Mo | |||
Mean (std) | 28 (5.6) | 28.8 (8.0) | 0.770 |
Patients’ demographics, wound and fracture classifications, admission time, hospital stay time, follow-up period in a series of 32 patients (mean [standard deviation] or number [percentage]). |