Table 1 Demographics of patients

Age (year)

37 ± 12

36 ± 11

0.675

Sex

0.467

 Male

26

28

 Female

9

14

bone defect length (cm)

13.3 ± 3.3

13.7 ± 3.8

0.623

Location of bone defect

0.727

 Tibia

22

28

 Femur

13

14

Etiology

0.692

 Acute trauma

24

27

 Osteomyelitis

11

15

BMI (kg/m²)

23.3 ± 3.6

23.7 ± 3.5

0.626

Medical diseases

0.820

 None

25

29

 At least one kind

10

13

classification

 Closed fracture

14

17

0.966

 GA I

3

5

0.919

 GA II

6

7

0.956

 GA III

12

13

0.756