Table 1 Demographics of the two groups

Gender

0.578

   Male

15

13

   Female

11

13

Age (years)

50.8 ± 16.3

52.5 ± 17.4

0.725

   Side

0.266

   Left

16

12

   Right

10

14

Mechanism

0.774

   Fall

15

14

   Sports-related trauma

4

6

   Traffic accident

7

6

AO/OTA type

Transverse, middle (45-C1.1)

15 (57.7 %)

17 (65.4 %)

0.841

Transverse, proximal (45-C1.2)

4 (15.4 %)

3 (11.5 %)

Transverse, distal (45-C1.3)

7 (27.0 %)

6 (23.0 %)

Interfragmentary gap (mm)

4.3 ± 1.8

4.7 ± 1.7

0.471

Operative time to injury (days)

2.8 ± 1.2

3.3 ± 1.4

0.184