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Official Journal of the Italian Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology

Table 4 Comparison between groups

From: Supplemental S1 fixation for type C pelvic ring injuries: biomechanical study of a long iliosacral versus a transsacral screw

 

Long iliosacral group

Transsacral group

P value*

Mean displacement at 25,000 cycles (in mm)

14.0

10.6

0.54

Mean displacement at 50,000 cycles (in mm)

18.5

11.3

0.42

Mean displacement at 75,000 cycles (in mm)

20.7

11.5

0.22

Mean displacement at 100,000 cycles (in mm)

22.8

12.3

0.15

Mean load to failure (in N)

546

635

0.42

  1. * Mann–Whitney U test