Table 1 Demographics of the two groups

Patients

31

22

 Male

24

19

0.494

 Female

7

3

Age (year)

38.7 ± 10.1

39.6 ± 11.5

0.761

 Road traffic accident

20

13

0.810

 Fall from height

5

4

 Crushing injury

4

2

 Sports injury

2

3

 Left tibia

12

13

0.143

 Right tibia

19

9

 Open

22

15

0.828

 Closed

9

7

 Type I

3

2

0.661

 Type II

11

5

 Type IIIA

6

7

 Type IIIB

2

1

 Ipsilateral fractures

6

2

0.781

 Contralateral fractures

2

3

 Other fractures

3

2

Time elapsed since the injury to definitive treatment (day)

3.2 ± 1.5

3.5 ± 1.7

0.536