Variable | Fracture | Total | Statistics | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Simple | Complex | P value | ||
Gender | ||||
Male | 41 | 21 | 62 | 0.36 |
Female | 50 | 18 | 68 | |
Patient age at diagnosis (years)* | 36.7 | 38.0 | 0.65 | |
Living environment | ||||
Village | 64 | 28 | 92 | 0.87 |
Cities and towns | 27 | 11 | 38 | |
Knee joint | ||||
Left | 39 | 16 | 55 | 0.85 |
Right | 52 | 23 | 75 | |
Distal femur | 56 | 24 | 80 | 1.00 |
Proximal tibia | 35 | 15 | 50 | |
Eccentric growth | ||||
Yes | 84 | 32 | 116 | 0.08 |
No | 7 | 7 | 14 | |
Campanacci system | ||||
Grade-2 | 26 | 8 | 34 | 0.34 |
Grade-3 | 65 | 31 | 96 | |
Soft tissue mass | ||||
Absent mass | 59 | 5 | 64 | 0.03* |
Developing mass | 32 | 34 | 66 | |
Duration of symptoms (months) | ||||
≤ 6 | 57 | 27 | 84 | 0.47 |
>6 | 34 | 12 | 46 | |
Surgical methods | ||||
Intralesional procedures | 51 | 15 | 66 | 0.04* |
Resection with joint replacement | 40 | 24 | 64 | |
Choices of internal fixation | ||||
Plate | 31 | 14 | 45 | 0.43 |
Screws only | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
Intramedullary nail | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
Recurrence | ||||
Yes | 16 | 4 | 20 | 0.03* |
No | 75 | 35 | 110 | |
Complication | ||||
Yes | 4 | 5 | 9 | 0.04* |
No | 87 | 34 | 121 | |
Functional outcome (median scores) | ||||
MSTS | 26.6 | 25.5 | 0.02* | |
TESS | 84.1 | 78.3 | 0.03* |