Table 3 Patient characteristics according to final treatment
Conservative group | Operative group | P | |
|---|---|---|---|
No. of patients | 13 | 9 | |
Gender | |||
Male | 8 | 7 | 0.735 |
Female | 5 | 2 | |
Age (years) | 55.38 ± 20.89 | 49.67 ± 9.50 | 0.385 |
Mechanism of injury | |||
Accident | 5 | 3 | 0.219 |
High falling injury | 3 | 5 | |
Stumble | 5 | 1 | |
Comprehensive classification | |||
Unilateral pubic branch fracture | 5 | 0 | 0.143 |
Bilateral pubic branch fracture | 0 | 0 | |
Incomplete sacral + unilateral pubic branch fracture | 3 | 3 | |
Incomplete sacral + bilateral pubic branch fracture | 2 | 1 | |
Complete sacral + unilateral pubic branch fracture | 1 | 4 | |
Complete sacral + bilateral pubic branch fracture | 2 | 1 | |
L-R mobility (cm) | 0.20 ± 0.13 | 0.36 ± 0.29 | 0.181 |
A-P mobility (cm) | 0.08 ± 0.08 | 0.23 ± 0.13 | 0.007 |
Oblique mobility (cm) | 0.16 ± 0.16 | 0.42 ± 0.28 | 0.008 |
VAS | 2.62 ± 0.77 | 4.00 ± 1.41 | 0.015 |
Weight-bearing after the final treatment (month) | 1.00 ± 0.58 | 1.55 ± 1.67 | 0.415 |
Time fracture healing (month) | 3.00 ± 0.81 | 3.11 ± 0.78 | 0.606 |
Complication-related fracture | 0 | 1 | 0.409 |
Majeed score (last follow-up) | 81.62 ± 11.76 | 80.22 ± 10.51 | 0.687 |