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Table 1 Patient Demographics

From: AO distractor and manual traction reduction techniques repair in distal tibial fractures: a comparative study

 

Group M

Group A

P value

No. of patients

26

32

 

Sex (male/female)

9/17

11/21

0.796

Age (years)

43(19–63)

44(18–68)

0.809

Injury mechanism

  

0.837

Traffic accident

14(53.8%)

17(53.1%)

 

Slip down

11(42.3%)

12(37.5%)

 

Fall from a height

1 (3.8%)

3 (9.4%)

 

Fracture pattern

  

0.796

43A1

8 (30.7%)

10(31.3%)

 

43A2

7 (26.9%)

8 (25%)

 

43A3

4 (15.4%)

3 (9.4%)

 

43B1

4 (15.4%)

5 (15.6%)

 

43B2

1 (3.8%)

2 (6.3%)

 

43B3

0

1 (3.1%)

 

43C1

2 (7.7%)

2 (6.3%)

 

43C2

0

1 (3.1%)

 

Associated fibular fracture

11(42.3%)

15(46.9%)

0.934

Time before surgery (days)

5.55 ± 2.53

5.96 ± 2.29

0.553

Follow-up (months)

18.52 ± 6.58

17.283 ± 2.53

0.694