Official Journal of the Italian Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology
Table 1 Patient demographics and injury characteristics
Operative (ORIF) | Nonoperative | p value | |
|---|---|---|---|
Number of patients | 32 | 28 | |
Gender | |||
Male | 14 | 11 | 0.726 |
Female | 18 | 17 | |
Mean age (years) | 52.1 (23–77) | 57.4 (26–79) | 0.146 |
Dominant side | |||
Right | 29 | 24 | |
Left | 3 | 4 | |
Injured side | |||
Right | 14 | 12 | |
Left | 18 | 16 | |
Dominant side injured | |||
Yes | 15 | 12 | 0.755 |
No | 17 | 16 | |
AO fracture classification | |||
B (Total) | 10 | 6 | 0.391 |
B1 | 3 | 4 | |
B2 | 1 | 1 | |
B3 | 6 | 1 | |
C (Total) | 22 | 22 | |
C1 | 11 | 12 | |
C2 | 6 | 8 | |
C3 | 5 | 2 | |