Acute shortening and re-lengthening versus antibiotic calcium sulfate-loaded bone transport for the management of large segmental tibial defects after trauma

Table 1 Demographic information of the two groups

Variable	ASR group (n = 32)	ACSBT group (n = 36)	χ²/t	p value
Age (year)	36 ± 9	37 ± 8	0.482	0.632
Gender (M/F)	26/6	27/9	0.385	0.535
Etiology			0.040	0.841
Acute trauma	15	16
Osteomyelitis	17	20
Bone loss (cm)	6.5 ± 1.8	7.1 ± 1.5	1.483	0.143
BMI (kg/m²)	25.6 ± 2.3	24.7 ± 2.8	1.454	0.151
ESR (mm/h)	15.5 ± 14.2	17.1 ± 15.4	0.446	0.657
CRP (ng/L)	12.78 ± 9.07	13.12 ± 9.25	0.153	0.879
WBC count (× 10⁹/L)	8.19 ± 3.02	7.65 ± 3.84	0.648	0.519
Follow-up (month)	31 ± 4	29 ± 5	1.830	0.072

ASR, acute shortening and re-lengthening; ACSBT, antibiotic calcium sulfate-loaded bone transport; BMI, body mass index; ESR, erythrocyte sedimentation rate; CRP, stands for C-reactive protein; and WBC, white blood cell

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