Official Journal of the Italian Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology
Table 1 Characteristics of the presented patients
Cases | Age (years) | Type of fracture | Time needed for union (weeks) | Injury/surgery interval (days) | Surgery/full ROM interval (weeks) | Follow-up period (months) | Complications |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 10.00 | Extension-type | 10 | 27 | Not fully restored | 10 | Re-fracture |
2 | 6.00 | Extension-type | 5 | 16 | 10 | 17 | Superficial pin track infection |
3 | 9.20 | Flexion-type | 7 | 18 | 15 | 18 | No complications |
4 | 9.90 | Extension-type | 7 | 18 | 16 | 14 | No complications |
5 | 8.10 | Extension-type | 6 | 16 | 12 | 15 | No complications |
6 | 7.00 | Extension-type | 5 | 16 | 8 | 8 | No complications |
7 | 8.00 | Extension-type | 9 | 17 | 13 | 14 | Superficial pin track infection |
8 | 10.00 | Lower 1/4 humerus | 10 | 34 | 19 | 49 | No complications |
9 | 8.00 | Extension-type | 6 | 16 | 12 | 12 | Superficial pin track infection |
10 | 9.20 | Extension-type | 7 | 17 | 14 | 15 | No complications |
11 | 8.00 | Extension-type | 6 | 18 | 10 | 22 | No complications |
12 | 10.00 | Extension-type | 9 | 19 | Not fully restored | 17 | Superficial pin track infection |
13 | 9.00 | Extension-type | 6 | 17 | 14 | 13 | Superficial pin track infection |
14 | 11.00 | Flexion-type | 10 | 22 | 20 | 17 | No complications |
15 | 6.20 | Extension-type | 5 | 16 | 8 | 16 | No complications |
Mean ± SD | 8.6 ± 1.3 | 7.2 ± 1.9 | 19 ± 5 | 13 ± 3.8 | 17 ± 9.4 |