Table 1 Demographic data of two groups.

From: Shortening and re-lengthening versus bone transport for the treatment of distal tibial periarticular post-traumatic defects

Variable

MSR group (n = 19)

BT group (n = 22)

P value

Age (year)

36 ± 11

34 ± 12

0.583

Gender

  

0.803

Male

15

17

 

Female

4

5

 

Etiology

Traffic accident

13

16

0.763

Falling height

2

3

0.861

Heavy pound injury

4

3

0.831

Initial injury

  

0.975

Open

12

14

 

Closed

7

8

 

Side

  

0.938

Left

8

9

 

Right

11

13

 

Medical disease

  

0.829

None

11

12

 

At least one kind

8

10

 

Bone defect length (cm)

6.0 ± 1.3

5.7 ± 1.5

0.501

Follow-up (month)

27 ± 5

28 ± 5

0.529

  1. MSR stands for modified shortening and re-lengthening. BT stands for bone transport.
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