|
n
|
23
|
43
|
/
|
|
Gender
|
|
Male
|
16
|
28
|
0.467
|
|
Female
|
7
|
15
|
|
Age
|
36.13 ± 12.61 (years)
|
37.35 ± 13.20 (years)
|
0.747
|
|
Cause of injury
|
|
Traffic accident injury
|
14
|
29
|
0.791
|
|
Falling injury
|
5
|
9
|
|
Crush injury
|
4
|
5
|
|
Gustilo grade
|
|
Closed fracture
|
2
|
3
|
0.908
|
|
Gustilo grade I
|
3
|
4
|
|
Gustilo grade II
|
4
|
6
|
|
Gustilo grade III
|
14
|
30
|
|
Number of complicated injuries in other parts of the affected extremity
|
6
|
11
|
0.964
|
|
Number of femoral/tibial defect cases
|
5/18
|
11/32
|
0.729
|
|
Femoral/tibial defect and infection site
|
|
Shaft
|
12
|
32
|
0.068
|
|
Metaphysis (the distance between lesions and joint surface is ≤ 3 cm)
|
11
|
11
|
|
Femoral/tibial defect length after debridement (including longitudinal defects) (cm)
|
9.96 ± 2.27
|
8.74 ± 2.52
|
0.014
|
|
Management of different types of soft-tissue defects
|
|
Minor wounds can be repaired by direct suture, skin grafting and local flap transfer.
|
7
|
27
|
0.031
|
|
Moderate wounds can be repaired by free vascularized fibular graft with flap or open Ilizarov bone transport.
|
12
|
10
|
|
Major wounds require simultaneous or staged free flap graft.
|
4
|
6
|
