Pediatric femoral shaft fractures: treatment strategies according to age - 13 years of experience in one medical center

Table 3 Descriptive statistics comparing spica cast treatment to the control group

Treatment (yes/no spica cast)^a	All patients	Control group	Spica casting	The disparity	P value
Frequency	150	33	117
Result	0.76	0.85	0.74	−0.113	0.138
Male	0.70	0.64	0.72	0.082	0.393
Age	4.62	8.32	3.57	−4.749	0.0001
Left side	0.57	0.64	0.56	−0.081	0.407
Spiral fracture	0.60	0.33	0.68	0.342	0.006
Transverse fracture	0.29	0.61	0.21	−0.401	0.000
Oblique fracture	0.05	0.03	0.06	0.030	0.433
High energy	0.21	0.39	0.16	−0.232	0.017

The control group includes titanium elastic nail, external fixator, intramedullary medullary nail, and plating. ^aRegression result is (−0.113, 0.03). The italicized entries signify the change in the groups' disparity before and after the PSM was applied on the date.

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