Official Journal of the Italian Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology
Table 2 Comparison of sample characteristics between the study groups
Sample characteristics | Septic nonunion | Aseptic nonunion | Regular healers | p value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N | % | N | % | N | % | ||
Sonicated osteosynthesis material | 0.086a | ||||||
 Intramedullary nail (+ screws) | 28 | 67 | 37 | 70 | 29 | 91 |  |
 Plate (+ screws) | 12 | 29 | 15 | 28 | 3 | 9 |  |
 Intramedullary nail + plate (+ screws) | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 |  |  |  |
Sonication container | 0.128a | ||||||
 Glass tube | 38 | 91 | 47 | 89 | 32 | 100 |  |
 Lock'n'lock box | 4 | 10 | 6 | 11 |  |  |  |