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Official Journal of the Italian Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology

Table 1 Demographic and perioperative data

From: Is double-crossed retrograde elastic stable intramedullary nailing an alternative method for the treatment of diaphyseal fractures in the adult humerus?

 

Overall (n = 122)

DCR-ESIN (n = 59)

LC-DCP (n = 63)

p-value

Age, mean ± SD, yr

55.34 ± 21.19

55.07 ± 20.28

55.59 ± 22.18

0.893

Gender

   

0.181

 Female

70 (57.4%)

38 (64.4%)

32 (50.8%)

 

 Male

52 (42.6%)

21 (35.6%)

31 (49.2%)

 

Comorbidity

    

 Diabetes mellitus

25 (20.5%)

11 (18.6%)

14 (22.2%)

0.791

 Smoking

18 (14.8%)

8 (13.6%)

10 (15.9%)

0.917

 Alcohol

17 (13.9%)

6 (13.6%)

11 (17.5%)

0.368

 Obesity

18 (14.8%)

10 (16.9%)

8 (12.7%)

0.685

 Psychiatric history

12 (9.8%)

4 (6.8%)

8 (12.7%)

0.428

Operative time, mean ± SD, min

103.8 ± 41.8

76.4 ± 27.98

129.5 ± 36.00

 < 0.001

Additional wire fixation

22 (18%)

14 (23.7%)

14 (23.7%)

0.178

Intraoperative blood loss, mean ± SD, ml

155.8 ± 169.02

60.9 ± 61.55

244.8 ± 188.7

 < 0.001

Follow-up time, mean ± SD, weeks

148.1 ± 38.51

(67.0–266.0)

150.82 ± 38.51

(98.3–237.1)

145.3 ± 47.95

(67.0–266.0)

0.443

  1. DCR-ESIN double-crossed retrograde elastic stable intramedullary nailing, LC-DCP limited-contact dynamic compression plate