Patient characteristics | Group A | Group B | Test value | P value |
---|---|---|---|---|
Surgical time of the anterior column fracture (min), M ± SD | 18.7 ± 4.6 | 33.4 ± 5.0 | t = −8.117 | <0.001 |
Blood loss (ml), M ± SD | 615.6 ± 178.7 | 719.3 ± 199.0 | t = −35.309 | <0.001 |
Incision length for anterior fixation (mm), M ± SD | 9.0 ± 1.8 | 81.2 ± 7.3 | t = −100.339 | <0.001 |
Reduction quality, n(%) | X2 = 0.829 | 0.661 | ||
Anatomic reduction | 10 (83.3%) | 14 (82.4%) | ||
Imperfect reduction | 2 (16.7%) | 2 (11.8%) | ||
Poor reduction | 0 | 1 (5.9%) | ||
Complications, n(%) | X2 = 0.514 | 0.773 | ||
Lateral femoral cutaneous nerve palsy | 0 | 1 | ||
Heterotopic ossification | 1 | 2 | ||
Groin discomfort | 0 | 1 | ||
Total rate | 1 (8.3%) | 4 (23.5%) | ||
Hospital stay (day), M ± SD | 14.0 ± 3.6 | 14.2 ± 2.9 | t = −0.814 | 0.416 |
Healing time (month), M ± SD | 3.4 ± 0.9 | 3.5 ± 1.0 | t = −0.294 | 0.769 |
Modified Postel Merle D’Aubigne score | X2 = 0.115 | 0.944 | ||
Excellent | 8 (66.7%) | 11 (64.7%) | ||
Good | 3 (25.0%) | 5 (29.4%) | ||
Fair | 1 (8.3%) | 1 (5.9%) |