Table 3 Postoperative data of patients

Length of bone defect (cm)

4.5 (4.0–5.4)

4.8 (4.1–5.5)

4.7 (3.6–5.7)

0.610

BUT (month)

9.5 (6–13)

13.6 (7–19)

11.4 (8–15)

0.002

EFT (month)

10.8 (7–15)

14.1 (8–21)

13.6 (9–19)

< 0.001

EFI (month/cm)

2.36 (1.75–2.78)

2.31 (1.95–3.81)

2.73 (2.5–3.33)

0.733

Follow-up time (month)

31 (24–41)

30 (23–39)

29 (24–33)

0.382