Table 1 Demographic characteristics of the patients studied
Variable | Number |
|---|---|
Total number | 41 |
Age (years) | 26–76 |
Gender | |
Male | 31 |
Female | 10 |
Time since injury (months) | 10–60 |
Number of surgeries | 1–9 |
Patterns of initial fractures | |
Open | 28 |
Closed | 13 |
Patterns of initial surgeries | |
Plating | 7 |
IM nail | 21 |
External fixation | 13 |
Patterns of bone nonunion | |
Infection | 33 |
Aseptic | 8 |
Length of bone loss (cm) | 6–17 |
Other types of deformities | |
Rotation | 15 |
Angular | 11 |