Table 4 Clinical Outcomes
Intramedullary nail | External Fixator | P value | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Studies (n) | Patients (n) | Mean | SD | Studies (n) | Patients (n) | Mean | SD | |||
SF-36 or SF-12 questionnaire | PCS | 3 | 94 | 35.0 | 8.7 | 2 | 38 | 41.1 | 2.5 | 0.357 |
MCS | 3 | 94 | 48.3 | 4.7 | 2 | 38 | 49.0 | 14.6 | 0.941 | |
PF | 3 | 63 | 25.5 | 15.3 | 1 | 18 | 32.1 | |||
BP | 3 | 63 | 43.8 | 17.8 | 1 | 18 | 47.4 | |||
RP | 3 | 63 | 31.6 | 15.3 | 1 | 18 | 30.8 | |||
GH | 3 | 63 | 45.9 | 10.3 | 1 | 18 | 46.9 | |||
SF | 3 | 63 | 56.1 | 12.6 | 1 | 18 | 56.4 | |||
RE | 3 | 63 | 45.4 | 24.7 | 1 | 18 | 46.7 | |||
VT | 3 | 63 | 43.6 | 9.8 | 1 | 18 | 43.1 | |||
MH | 3 | 63 | 63.5 | 11.8 | 1 | 18 | 58.3 | |||
VAS pain | 7 | 180 | 2.5 | 1.7 | 3 | 49 | 2.9 | 0.8 | 0.627 | |
LLD (mm) | 11 | 300 | 23.8 | 14.8 | 7 | 108 | 40.4 | 6.6 | 0.005 | |