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Official Journal of the Italian Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology

Table 4 Results with comparison between the two groups

From: Retrograde entry portal for femoral interlocking nailing in femoral nonunion after plate failure: a prospective comparative study with antergrade portal

Parameter

Mean

SD

Minimum

Maximum

P value

Eccentricity

 Antergrade (n = 19)

0.4

1.0

0.0

4.0

0.069

 Retrograde (n = 22)

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

Radiation

 Antergrade

2.7

0.8

1.8

5.6

0.000

 Retrograde

0.4

0.1

0.30

0.70

Blood loss

 Antergrade

0.58

0.10

0.45

0.85

0.015

 Retrograde

0.50

0.12

0.40

0.80

Entry time

 Antergrade

17.2

6.9

10.0

35.0

0.000

 Retrograde

5.3

1.2

3.0

8.0

Wound length

 Antergrade

7.6

1.4

5.0

10.0

0.000

 Retrograde

5.0

0.61

4.0

6.0

Sequence

 Antergrade

0.50

1.1

0.0

4.0

0.055

 Retrograde

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0