A new type of elastic fixation, using an encircling and binding technique, for tibiofibular syndesmosis stabilization: comparison to traditional cortical screw fixation

Table 1 Comparison of general data between the cortical screw (CS) and encircling and binding (EB) groups

Patients	EB group (n = 33)	CS group (n = 34)	Between-group difference Independent group t-test (t) or Chi-squared (X²)	p value
Age (years)	34.36 ± 14.43	39.76 ± 14.50	t, − 1.528	0.131
Sex (n, F/M)	23/10	24/10	X², 0.006	0.936
Side (n, L/R)	17/14	15/19	X², 0.746	0.388
BMI (kg/m²)	25.54 ± 4.15	25.30 ± 4.02	t, 0.240	0.811
Smoking history (n)	23/10	23/11	X², 0.033	0.856

BMI Body Mass Index, F female, M male, L left, R right, CS cortical screw, EB encircling and binding

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