Table 6 Comparison of soft tissue incarceration /non- soft tissue incarceration group
Demographic date | Soft tissue incarceration | Non-soft tissue incarceration | t/\({x}^{2}\) | P |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Sex | ||||
Male | 9 (10.00) | 81 (90.00) | 0.069 | 0.793 |
Female | 1 (7.69) | 12 (92.31) | ||
Type of external fixation | ||||
Monolateral | 9 (97.83) | 83 (2.17) | 0.005 | 0.942 |
Circular | 1 (9.09) | 10 (90.91) | ||
Soft tissue defect | ||||
Yes | 5 (29.41) | 12 (70.59) | 9.017 | 0.003 |
No | 5 (5.81) | 81 (94.19) | ||
Level of bone transport | ||||
Single | 9 (11.25) | 71 (88.75) | 0.971 | 0.324 |
Double | 1 (4.35) | 22 (95.65) | ||
Location of bone defect | ||||
Proximal 1/3 | 1 (5.26) | 18 (94.74) | 0.543 | 0.762 |
Middle 1/3 | 4 (10.26) | 35 (89.74) | ||
Distal 1/3 | 5 (11.11) | 40 (88.89) | ||
Age | 37.90 ± 13.89 | 37.72 ± 13.62 |  − 0.032 | 0.974 |
Previous operation time | 5.50 ± 1.27 | 3.44 ± 1.00 |  − 6.000 |  < 0.001 |
Size of bone defect | 7.75 ± 2.66 | 6.43 ± 2.08 |  − 1.854 | 0.067 |
DT | 77.90 ± 11.58 | 71.70 ± 13.23 |  − 1.423 | 0.158 |
EFT | 339.70 ± 69.97 | 288.31 ± 54.19 |  − 2.768 | 0.007 |
EFI | 60.98 ± 12.88 | 52.51 ± 8.78 |  − 2.030 | 0.07 |