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Table 1 Demographic data

From: Efficacy comparison of vascularized iliac crest bone flap and Ilizarov bone transport in the treatment of traumatic bone defects of the tibia combined with large soft tissue defects

Variable

VIBF group (N = 33)

Ilizarov group (N = 35)

p value#

Age (year)

32.3 ± 10.7

33.2 ± 11.9

0.738

Gender

0.635

 Male

19

18

 Female

14

17

Smoking History

0.626

 No

17

21

 Yes

16

14

BMI

0.836

 < 25 kg/m2

20

19

 ≥ 25–29.9 kg/m2

8

9

 ≥ 30 kg/m2

5

7

Tibia defect site

0.808

 Middle

16

15

 Lower segment

17

20

Bone defect length (cm)

6.7 ± 1.7

6.7 ± 1.7

0.885

Soft tissue defect size (cm2)

166.7 ± 41.0

164.9 ± 32.0

0.834

Soft tissue repair

0.963

 ALTP

17

17

 LD

11

12

 Other*

5

6

Bacterial culture

0.995

 Staphylococcus aureus

10

11

 Pseudomonas aeruginosa

8

9

 Escherichia coli

7

6

  MRSA

3

3

  None

5

6

  1. VIBF vascularized iliac bone flap, BMI body mass index, ALTP anterolateral thigh perforator, MLD modified latissimus dorsi musculocutaneous, MRSA Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
  2. *Combination to repair the wound
  3. #Two-sided Fisher’s exact test or Student’s t-test