Official Journal of the Italian Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology
Table 2 The demographics of patients and nonunion are shown
Parameter | Group | Mean ± SD | P value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Age | Antergrade (n = 19) | 37.1 ± 11.5 | 0.516 | |
Retrograde (n = 22) | 38.1 ± 10.8 | |||
Sex | Antergrade | Male | 11 (57.9 %) | 0.479 |
Female | 8 (42.1 %) | |||
Antergrade | Male | 12 (54.5 %) | ||
Female | 10 (45.5 %) | |||
Weight (kg) | Antergrade | 84.2 ± 5.5 | 0.105 | |
Retrograde | 79.1 ± 6.6 | |||
Side | Antergrade | Right | 11 (57.9 %) | 0.163 |
Left | 8 (42.1 %) | |||
Retrograde | Right | 9 (40.9 %) | ||
Left | 13 (59.1 %) | |||
Level | Antergrade | Upper third | 5 (26.3 %) | 0.096 |
Middle third | 13 (68.4 %) | |||
Lower third | 1 (5.3 %) | |||
Retrograde | Upper third | 0 | ||
Middle third | 20 (90.9 %) | |||
Lower third | 2 (9.1 %) | |||
Comminution | Antergrade | Comminuted | 10 (52.6 %) | 0.314 |
Non-comminuted | 9 (47.4 %) | |||
Retrograde | Comminuted | 9 (40.9 %) | ||
Non-comminuted | 13 (59.1 %) | |||
Shape | Antegrade | Transverse | 8 (42.1 %) | 0.254 |
Oblique | 8 (42.1 %) | |||
Spiral | 3 (15.8 %) | |||
Retrograde | Transverse | 5 (22.7 %) | ||
Oblique | 7 (31.8 %) | |||
Spiral | 10 (45.5 %) | |||
Time to plate failure | Antergrade | 12.0 ± 5.2 (4–26) weeks | 0.813 | |
Antergrade | 11.3 ± 4.7 (4–24) weeks | |||