Table 1 Characteristics of patients and fractures

Male gender^a

54 (62.0 %)

11 (57.9 %)

24 (68.6 %)

19 (57.6 %)

Age

51.5 (±15.7)

45.8 (±12.5)

51.4 (±15.9)

54.8 (±16.7)

Left side

46 (52.9 %)

10 (52.6 %)

15 (42.9 %)

21 (63.6 %)

BMI

25.2 (±4.0)

24.1 (±4.1)

25.8 (±3.9)

25.1 (±4.1)

 Cardiovascular

8 (9.2 %)

1 (5.3 %)

2 (5.7 %)

5 (15.1 %)

 Diabetes

8 (9.2 %)

0

4 (11.4 %)

4 (12.1 %)

 Hypertension

15 (17.2 %)

3 (15.8 %)

5 (14.3 %)

7 (21.2 %)

Smoker^a

24 (29.3 %)

7 (38.9 %)

12 (36.4 %)

5 (16.1 %)

 1

47 (57.3 %)

11 (61.1 %)

21 (63.7 %)

15 (48.4 %)

 2

32 (39.0 %)

7 (38.9 %)

11 (33.3 %)

14 (45.1 %)

 3

3 (3.7 %)

0

1 (3.0 %)

2 (6.4 %)

 Fall from height

61 (74.4 %)

17 (94.4 %)

23 (69.7 %)

21 (67.7 %)

 Low energy trauma

15 (18.3 %)

0

7 (21.3 %)

8 (25.9 %)

 Road accident

6 (7.3 %)

1 (5.6 %)

3 (9.0 %)

2 (6.4 %)

 Lower limb

21 (24.1 %)

4 (21.0 %)

10 (28.5 %)

7 (21.2 %)

 Spinal cord

15 (17.2 %)

4 (21.0 %)

5 (14.2 %)

6 (18.1 %)

 Upper limb

2 (2.3 %)

0

1 (2.8 %)

1 (3.0 %)

Exposition

5 (5.7 %)

0

2 (5.7 %)

3 (9.0 %)

Days before surgery

6 (0 to 25)

7 (1 to 20)

3 (0 to 18)

8 (0 to 25)

Surgical duration

58 (15 to 240)

105 (70 to 190)

60 (25 to 240)

35 (15 to 180)

Hospitalization

9 (2 to 123)

15 (7 to 37)

6 (2 to 27)

13 (4 to 123)

Complication or second surgery

23 (26.4 %)

9 (47.4 %)

8 (22.9 %)

6 (18.2 %)

Sanders

 2

37 (42.5 %)

8 (42.1 %)

14 (40.1 %)

15 (45.4 %)

 3

31 (35.7 %)

10 (52.7 %)

12 (34.2 %)

9 (27.3 %)

 4

19 (21.8 %)

1 (5.2 %)

9 (25.7 %)

9 (27.3 %)

 Joint

58 (66.7 %)

13 (68.4 %)

22 (62.8 %)

23 (69.8 %)

 Tongue

26 (29.9 %)

6 (31.6 %)

12 (34.3 %)

8 (24.2 %)

 Comminuted

3 (3.4 %)

0

1 (2.9 %)

2 (6.0 %)

Böhler pre

17.5° (−34.6 to 49.5)

20.8° (−7.2 to 49.5)

16.7° (−16.8 to 37.4)

17.2° (−34.6 to 37.3)