Official Journal of the Italian Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology
Table 1 Patients’ demographic and clinical characteristics stratified by surgical procedure
Variable | Total | Nailing (n = 17) | Plating (n = 28) | p-Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Age, years | 61.7 ± 9.7 | 66.6 ± 9.8 | 58.7 ± 8.5 | 0.006 |
Sex | 0.848 | |||
Male | 22 (48.9) | 8 (47.1) | 14 (50.0) | |
Female | 23 (51.1) | 9 (52.9) | 14 (50.0) | |
Site | 0.977 | |||
Left | 16 (35.6) | 6 (35.3) | 10 (35.7) | |
Right | 29 (64.4) | 11 (64.7) | 18 (64.3) | |
Lesion site in the humerus | 0.908a | |||
Head and neck | 17 (37.8) | 6 (35.3) | 11 (39.3) | |
Neck | 24 (53.3) | 9 (52.9) | 15 (53.6) | |
Head, neck to shaft | 4 (8.9) | 2 (11.8) | 2 (7.1) | |
Bone metastases site | 0.848 | |||
Solitary | 23 (51.1) | 9 (52.9) | 14 (50.0) | |
Multiple | 22 (48.9) | 8 (47.1) | 14 (50.0) | |
Diagnosis | 0.789 | |||
Pathological fracture | 17 (37.8) | 6 (35.3) | 11 (39.3) | |
Impending fracture | 28 (62.2) | 11 (64.7) | 17 (60.7) | |
Primary tumor | 0.368a | |||
Lung | 15 (33.3) | 6 (35.3) | 9 (32.1) | |
Breast | 10 (22.2) | 3 (17.6) | 7 (25.0) | |
HCC | 9 (20.0) | 4 (23.5) | 5 (17.9) | |
Lymphoma | 1 (2.2) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (3.6) | |
Melanoma | 1 (2.2) | 1 (5.9) | 0 (0.0) | |
Cholangiocarcinoma | 1 (2.2) | 1 (5.9) | 0 (0.0) | |
Bladder | 1 (2.2) | 1 (5.9) | 0 (0.0) | |
Prostate | 7 (15.6) | 1 (5.9) | 6 (21.4) |