Matched comparative study of trifocal bone transport versus induced membrane followed by trifocal bone transport in the treatment of segmental tibial defects caused by posttraumatic osteomyelitis

Table 4 Comparison of the complications according Paley criteria

Parameter	Treatment	Problems	Obstacles	True Complications	Total	P-value
Muscle contraction	TBT	7	2	3	12	0.315
Muscle contraction	IM + TBT	5	0	3	8	0.315
Soft tissue incarceration	TBT	0	6	1	7	0.008
Soft tissue incarceration	IM + TBT	0	0	0	0	0.008
Axial deviation	TBT	4	1	2	7	0.730
Axial deviation	IM + TBT	1	3	4	8	0.730
Pin problems	TBT	9	4	0	13	0.691
Pin problems	IM + TBT	12	3	0	15	0.691
Delayed consolidation	TBT	3	0	0	3	0.443
Delayed consolidation	IM + TBT	5	1	0	6	0.443
Delayed union or nonunion	TBT	2	7	0	9	0.027
Delayed union or nonunion	IM + TBT	0	2	0	2	0.027
Joint stiffness	TBT	1	1	3	5	0.489
Joint stiffness	IM + TBT	3	0	5	8	0.489
Other	TBT	0	0	1	1	1.000
Other	IM + TBT	0	0	0	0	1.000
Total		52	30	22

TBT trifocal bone transport, IM + TBT induced membrane followed by trifocal bone transport

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