Antibiotic artificial bone implantation and external fixation for the treatment of infection after intramedullary nail fixation: a retrospective study of 33 cases

Table 1 Patients demographics

Variables
No.of cases	33
Sex(Male/Female)	27/6
Mean age(years)	42.27 ± 14.80
Location
Femure	14
Tibia	19
Initial trauma
Traffic trauma	21
Falling injury	9
Heavy pound injury	3
Open fracture	20
Closed fracture	13
The interval between the infection and the first operation(months)	3.53 ± 2.73
Fracture healed or not	6/27
Inflammatory indicators before surgery
WBC	(9.31 ± 2.03) × 10⁹
CRP	34.46 ± 33.8
ESR	34.85 ± 26.1

Data shown as mean ± standard deviation. P < 0.05, significant difference
WBC white blood cell; CRP C-reactive protein; ESR erythrocyte sedimentation rate

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