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Table 2 Treatment and follow-up data

From: Outcomes of cement beads and cement spacers in the treatment of bone defects associated with post-traumatic osteomyelitis

Variable

Bead Group

Spacer Group

P

Estimated volume of bone defects (Median (Min-Max), cm3)

35 (15-40)

40 (20-70)

0.02a

Time of intravenous antibiotic treatment (Mean ± SD, days)

15.8 ± 3.9

16.1 ± 4.1

0.84b

Hospital stay in the first stage (Mean ± SD, days)

23.4 ± 3.1

24.5 ± 3.3

0.28b

Time between the first and second stages (Mean ± SD, days)

65.7 ± 20.1

71.8 ± 20.7

0.35b

Hospital stay in the second stage ((Median (Min-Max), days)

10 (9-14)

9.5 (7-14)

0.40a

Infection control rates

88.9% (16/18)

90.9% (20/22)

1.00c

Bone healing time after bone grafting (Mean ± SD, months)

8.5 ± 2.1

7.5 ± 1.8

0.12b

Complication, No.

Refractures

0

0

-

Superficial pin infection

4

6

1.00c

Pin loosening

0

0

-

  1. aMann-Whitney U test
  2. bIndependant-samples t test
  3. cFisher’s exact test