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Table 3 Demographic data of patients with and without radiological loss of reduction

From: Fracture of the inferior pole of the patella: tension band wiring versus transosseous reattachment

Characteristic

Loss of reduction (n = 11)

No loss of reduction (n = 44)

p-value

Age

61.0 ± 17.7

56.9 ± 16.8

0.48

Gender (M/F)

5/6

20/24

1.00

Fracture comminuted

5

18

0.79

Preoperative displaced (mm)

35.18 ±14.23

21.83 ±15.45

0.01

Vertical length of fragment (mm)

13.31± 3.46

14.75 ± 3.11

0.19

Surgical method

  

0.04

 TBW

3

27

 

 Transosseous reattachment

8

17

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