Official Journal of the Italian Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology
Table 4 Patient and surgical characteristics of the patients that required bone stimulation and/or refixation for delayed union/nonunion
From: Outcomes of ulna shortening osteotomy: a cohort analysis of 106 patients
Characteristic | Pt. 1 | Pt. 2 | Pt. 3 | Pt. 4 | Pt. 5 | Pt. 6 | Pt. 7 | Pt. 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Age (years) | 46 | 71 | 35 | 48 | 63 | 53 | 41 | 46 |
Sex | Female | Female | Male | Female | Male | Male | Female | Female |
Duration of symptoms (months) | 5 | 12 | 10 | 60 | 5 | 24 | 18 | 9 |
Type of work | Heavy | None | Heavy | Medium | None | Heavy | Medium | Medium |
Side | Dominant | Nondominant | Dominant | Dominant | Dominant | Nondominant | Dominant | Dominant |
Smoking status | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
Etiology | DRF | DRF | DRF | Idiopathic | Idiopathic | Idiopathic | Idiopathic | Idiopathic |
Plate | Acumed | AO | AO | Acumed | AO | Acumed | Acumed | Acumed |
Shortening (mm) | 3, 5 | 4 | 4, 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | a |
Traumatic injury after USO | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes |
Bone stimulator (IGEA) used | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Time to revisions surgery (days) | 126 | 119 | 233 (patient was too busy with work) | 143 | 173 | 221 | NAb | NAb |
Experience level of surgeonc | III | IV | III | III | III | III | IV | III |