Table 3 Demographic, operative and outcome details of the patients
Case | Sex/Side | Age at surgery (year) | Tibia lesion/defect before surgery (cm) | Stage procedure | Methods | Surgical time (h) | Blood loss (ml) | Follow-up time (months) | Time before union (months) | Tibia length discrepancy (cm) | TTA (°) | Modified Malhotra grade | Complication (refracture [30%], infection [40%], tibia malunion [30%], ankle varus [30%], sensory loss of toes [10%], ankle valgus [10%]) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Before surgery | last follow-up | Before surgery | last follow-up | ||||||||||||
1 | M/R | 3.4 | 6.4 | 1 | 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 | 4 | 80 | 51 | 12 | 11.1 | 4.6 | − 12.8 | 7.1 | − 3 | Left hip incision infection, valgus ankle |
2 | F/L | 11.3 | 6 | 1 | 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 | 5 | 100 | 27 | 7 | 9.2 | 9 | − 12.6 | 3.9 | 0 | Refracture |
3 | M/R | 5.8 | 9 | 1 | 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 | 4 | 100 | 7 | 4 | 14.9 | 7.2 | 11.5 | 10.8 | − 1 | Right calf incision, left hip incision infection |
4 | F/L | 9.9 | 8 | 1 | 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 | 2 | 220 | 48 | 7 | 19.1 | 6.5 | − 3.2 | 3.7 | 0 | Refracture |
5 | F/L | 16.5 | 8 | 1 | 1 + 4 | 5 | 50 | 9 | 9 | 19 | 7 | − 5.9 | 6.6 | 0 | Sensory loss of toes |
6 | M/R | 1.3 | 4.6 | 1 | 1 + 2 + 4 + 6 | 4.5 | 100 | 75 | 5 | 6 | 1.9 | 0 | 4.9 | 0 | Pin-tract infection, posterior arch of proximal tibia |
7 | M/R | 9 | 6.3 | 2 | 1 + 2 + 5 | 3/4 | 20/60 | 78 | 7 | 16.4 | 0.2 | 3.5 | − 3.9 | + 1 | Anterior arch of distal tibia, varus ankle |
8 | M/R | 7.6 | 7.2 | 2 | 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 | 4/2 | 60/20 | 31 | 18 | 17.9 | 6.8 | 15 | 13.7 | − 2 | Pin-tract infection, refracture |
9 | F/R | 2.1 | 14.7 | 2 | 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 | 2.5/3 | 20/50 | 32 | 10 | 16.2 | 2.8 | 3.5 | 0 | + 1 | Varus ankle |
10 | F/R | 5 | 14.7 | 1 | 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 | 4 | 110 | 72 | 5 | 18.5 | 0 | 10 | − 10 | + 1 | Posterior arch of proximal tibia, varus ankle |
Average | 7.2 | 8.5 | 4.2 | 99 | 43 | 8.4 | 14.8 | 4.6 | 0.9 | 3.7 | |||||