Ankle joint salvage and reconstruction by limited ORIF combined with an Ilizarov external fixator for complex open tibial pilon fractures (AO 43-C3.3) with segmental bone defects

Table 2 Clinical Data

case	Follow-up (month)	Days Between Stages 1 and 2 (day)	Size of Bone Defect (cm)	Graft Used	operation frequency^a	EFT (month)	BTT (day)	BTI (day/cm)	EFI (month/cm)
1	32	12	4	Autograft	3	6	45	11.25	1.50
2	75	7	7	Autograft,	5	10	75	10.71	1.43
3	36	15	6	Autograft,	4	8	67	11.17	1.33
4	28	17	6	Autograft	3	9	65	10.83	1.50
5	33	11	5	Autograft	5	8	55	11.00	1.60
6	38	14	7	Autograft	5	10	80	11.43	1.43
7	25	13	4	Autograft	3	6	40	10.00	1.50
8	41	8	4	Autograft	5	6	42	10.50	1.50
9	29	9	6	Autograft	3	8	70	11.67	1.33
10	52	7	6	Autograft	4	14	65	10.83	2.33
11	63	16	7	Autograft	7	12	90	12.86	1.71

^a Procedures include the usual debridement procedures, internal fixation, external fixation, soft tissue treatment, and bone grafting, but do not include external fixator removal after healing
EFT external fixator time, BTT bone transport time, BTI bone transport index, EFI external fixator index

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