Table 1 Patient baseline and hospitalization information.

From: 3D printing technology combined with personalized plates for complex distal intra-articular fractures of the trimalleolar ankle

Parameters

Individualized plate group (n = 24)

Conventional plate group (n = 24)

p value

Age (years)

42.8 ± 10.1

40.7 ± 10.1

0.469

Gender

  

0.558

 Male

15

13

 

 Female

9

11

 

BMI (kg/m2)

24.5 ± 3.3

25.2 ± 3.2

0.359

Preoperative time (h)

135.0 ± 6.0

98.3 ± 7.5

< 0.001

Hospital stay (days)

10.5 ± 0.8

9.0 ± 0.7

< 0.001

3D printing time (min)

640.6 ± 40.7

  

Custom plate time (h)

47.8 ± 2.3

  
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