Modified negative-pressure wound therapy for linear blister formation prevention around foam dressings: technical note and case series

Table 1 Demographics of patients with open fractures

Group	Age (\(\overline{{\text{x}}}\) ± s, years)	Gender		Duration from injury to operation (\(\overline{{\text{x}}}\) ± s, h)	Gustilo–Anderon type
Group	Age (\(\overline{{\text{x}}}\) ± s, years)	Male	Female		II	III
Conventional	45.2 ± 13.2	15	12	4.9 ± 1.6	11	22
Novel	41.0 ± 10.6	14	12	5.3 ± 1.7	8	19
t value	1.475			0.092
X²		1.248			0.094
P value	0.087	0.264		0.395	0.759

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