Table 1 Baseline data in patients with ununited long bone fractures treated by ORIF and augmentation with either autograft (n = 10) or allograft (n = 10).
From: Autologous bone graft versus demineralized bone matrix in internal fixation of ununited long bones
| autograft group |
allograft group |
p-value Mann-Whitney-Test | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sex | [n] | 0.383 | ||
| male | 6 | 4 | ||
| female | 4 | 6 | ||
| Age | [years] | 0.289 | ||
| mean | 50.6 | 57.9 | ||
| range | 27-81 | 31-85 | ||
| Body-mass-index | [m/kg2] | 0.450 | ||
| mean | 25.0 | 24.5 | ||
| range | 19.2-28.4 | 18.8-39.0 | ||
| Smoking-Status | [package-yrs] | 0.466 | ||
| mean | 1.2 | 5.0 | ||
| range | 0-12 | 0-30 | ||
| Location of non-union | [n] | 0.420 | ||
| upper arm | 2 | 4 | ||
| forearm | 5 | 2 | ||
| femur | 0 | 3 | ||
| lower leg | 3 | 1 | ||
| Fracture to index surgery | [months] | 0.183 | ||
| mean | 8.7 | 14.6 | ||
| range | 6-16 | 6-54 | ||
| Prior instrumentation | [n] | 0.654 | ||
| none | 2 | 5 | ||
| plate | 7 | 2 | ||
| intramedullary device | 1 | 3 | ||
| ASA Score | 0.014 | |||
| mean | 1.4 | 2.1 | ||
| range | 1-2 | 1-3 |