Table 1 Demographic data
Patient | Gender | Side | Cause of injury | Type of primary injury | Site(thirds) | Type of nonunion | Time since injury(months) | Prior treatments | comorbidity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | F | L | Tumbling | Closed fracture | Middle | Atrophic | 120 | Plate; plate+bone graft | None |
2 | M | L | Tumbling | Closed fracture | Middle | Synovial pseudarthrosis | 368 | Plate; plate+bone graft | Arrhythmia |
3 | M | L | Traffic accident | Closed fracture | Middle | Hypertrophic | 259 | Plate; plate+bone graft | Diabetes mellitus |
4 | F | L | Tumbling | Closed fracture | Middle | Atrophic | 24 | Splint; plate | None |
5 | M | L | Crashing | Closed fracture | Middle | Synovial pseudarthrosis | 226 | Splint; plate+bone graft | None |
6 | F | R | Crashing | Closed fracture | Middle | Hypertrophic | 35 | Cast; plate; bone graft | None |
7 | M | R | Traffic accident | Closed fracture | Middle | Hypertrophic | 158 | Cast; plate; plate+bone graft | None |
8 | M | L | Crashing | Closed fracture | Middle | Atrophic | 21 | Plate; bone graft | None |
9 | F | L | Tumbling | Open fracture | Distal | Atrophic | 17 | Debridement; plate; bone Graft | None |
10 | M | L | Tumbling | Closed fracture | Middle | Atrophic | 19 | Plate; bone graft | None |
11 | M | L | Crashing | Closed fracture | Middle-Distal | Atrophic | 23 | Cast; plate+bone graft | None |
12 | F | L | Tumbling | Closed fracture | Middle | Oligotrophic | 20 | Splint; plate | None |
13 | M | R | Crashing | Open fracture | Middle | Hypertrophic | 319 | Debridement; Plate; plate+bone graft; plate | None |
14 | F | R | Sports injury | Closed fracture | Middle-Distal | Atrophic | 25 | Cast; plate+bone graft | None |
15 | M | L | Traffic accident | Closed fracture | Middle | Hypertrophic | 27 | Plate; bone graft | None |