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Table 2 Patient characteristics

From: Application of unilateral external fixation by the “joystick technique” in the treatment of pediatric tibia shaft fractures: technical note

Case

Age (years)

Gender

Fracture side

Injury causes

Duration of hospital (day)

Weight-bearing (day)

Complications

Johner-Wruh score

1

4

Male

Left

Heavy objects

4

3

No

Excellent

2

13

Male

Right

Traffic accident

8

6

No

Excellent

3

5

Male

Left

Traffic accident

7

4

No

Excellent

4

9

Male

Left

Heavy objects

6

8

Pin tract infection

Good

5

12

Male

Right

Sprain

4

5

No

Excellent

6

4

Male

Left

Traffic accident

5

6

No

Excellent

7

7

Female

Right

Traffic accident

6

4

No

Excellent

8

13

Male

Left

Traffic accident

5

5

Pin tract infection

Excellent

9

6

Female

Left

Other

6

4

No

Excellent

10

11

Male

Right

Sprain

4

3

No

Excellent

11

8

Male

Left

Sprain

8

6

No

Excellent

12

7

Female

Right

Sprain

7

5

No

Excellent

13

4

Female

Right

Other

5

4

No

Excellent

14

5

Male

Left

Traffic accident

6

4

No

Excellent

15

14

Male

Right

Traffic accident

4

5

No

Excellent

16

10

Female

Left

Sprain

4

7

No

Good

17

8

Female

Right

Sprain

5

5

No

Excellent

18

3

Male

Left

Heavy objects

7

5

No

Excellent

19

7

Female

Right

Sprain

7

4

No

Excellent

20

10

Female

Right

Traffic accident

8

6

No

Excellent

21

9

Male

Left

Sprain

5

5

No

Excellent

22

8

Female

Right

Traffic accident

7

7

No

Excellent

23

7

Male

Left

Sprain

8

6

No

Excellent