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Table 1 Demographics, fracture patterns, and trauma severity of the cohort

From: Comparison of the clinical outcomes between vascularized bone graft and the Masquelet technique for the reconstruction of Gustilo type III open tibial fractures

 

Overall

N = 44 (%)

Masquelet

N = 17 (%)

Vascularized bone

N = 27 (%)

p-value

Age (mean ± SD)

37.41 ± 15.43

43.71 ± 16.37

33.44 ± 13.65

0.03

Sex

   

0.473

Female

10 (22.7%)

5 (29.4%)

5 (18.5%)

 

Male

34 (77.3%)

12 (70.6%)

22 (81.5%)

 

BMI (mean ± SD)

25.32 ± 4.40

25.88 ± 3.86

24.94 ± 4.77

0.487

Fracture type

   

0.521

IIIA

4 (9.1%)

2 (11.8%)

2 (7.4%)

 

IIIB

23 (52.3%)

7 (41.2%)

16 (59.3%)

 

IIIC

17 (38.6%)

8 (47.1%)

9 (33.3%)

 

Fracture site

   

0.577

Proximal metaphysis

10 (22.7%)

3 (17.6%)

7 (25.9%)

 

Diaphysis

20 (45.5%)

7 (41.2%)

13 (48.1%)

 

Distal metaphysis

14 (31.8%)

7 (41.2%)

7 (25.9%)

 

Bone gap (mean ± SD)

74.83 ± 42.67

51.16 ± 16.23

94.94 ± 47.97

0.001

With Fibula

42 (95.5%)

17 (100.0%)

25 (92.6%)

0.515

Vascular or nerve injury

18 (40.9%)

9 (52.9%)

9 (33.3%)

0.255

MESS (mean ± SD)

4.50 ± 1.41

4.94 ± 1.20

4.22 ± 1.48

0.099

AOIO*

   

0.102

3

17 (38.6%)

4 (23.5%)

13 (48.1%)

 

4

27 (61.4%)

13 (76.5%)

14 (51.9%)

 

AOMT*

   

0.431

3

15 (34.1%)

7 (41.2%)

8 (29.6%)

 

4

29 (65.9%)

10 (58.8%)

19 (70.4%)

 

AONV*

   

0.244

1

23 (52.3%)

7 (41.2%)

16 (59.3%)

 

2

2 (4.5%)

0 (0.0%)

2 (7.4%)

 

3

19 (43.2%)

10 (58.8%)

9 (33.3%)

 

ISS > 16

7 (15.9%)

3 (17.6%)

4 (14.8%)

0.863

DM**

2 (4.5%)

1 (5.9%)

1 (3.7%)

0.736

HTN***

2 (4.5%)

1 (5.9%)

1 (3.7%)

0.736

Smoking

20 (45.5%)

6 (35.3%)

14 (51.9%)

0.283

Infection before surgery

26 (59.1%)

11 (64.7%)

15 (55.6%)

0.548

  1. *AOIO: AO soft-tissue grading system of open skin injury; AOMT: AO soft-tissue grading system of muscle/tendon injury; AONV: AO soft-tissue grading system of neurovascular injury; BMI: body mass index; **DM: diabetes mellitus; ***HTN: hypertension; ISS: Injury Severity Score; MESS: Mangled Extremity Severity Score; SD: standard deviation