Table 5 Preoperative and postoperative radiographic findings in external skeletal fixation (ESF) and volar locking plate fixation (VLPF) groups

8.4 (7.2, 9.6)

8.2 (1.8, 15.3)

1.000

18.6 (17.1, 21.8)

21.5 (5.0, 31.8)

0.686

− 25.2 (− 27.1, − 22.7)

− 24.4 (− 51.5, − 13.6)

1.000

6.39 (2.54, 9.3)

4.1 (0.9, 6.8)

0.486

2.2 (2.0, 2.4)

1.6 (1.2, 2.0)

0.057

10.9 (10.4, 13.9)

12.0 (11.2, 12.2)

0.343

21.0 (19.8, 26.5)

20.9 (17.9, 24.1)

0.886

4.0 (− 6.0, 9.5)

7.5 (− 0.5, 10.3)

0.686

1.9 (0.7, 2.2)

0.0 (− 1.3,0.0)

0.029*

0.5 (0.3, 1.8)

0.4 (0.3, 0.6)

0.886

10.2 (7.5, 11.2)

10.3 (9.4, 12.5)

0.886

16.7 (7.0, 19.5)

22.8 (20.6, 25.6)

0.029*

− 3.4 (− 11.0, 8.5)

8.5 (− 2.0, 16.0)

0.343

2.3 (1.9, 4.2)

0.3 (0.1, 0.8)

0.029*

0.7 (0.2, 1.7)

0.4 (0.3,0.6)

1.000