Table 1 Demographic characteristics of the two study groups
Characteristics | Group A | Group B | Statistics | P-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Age | 46.586 ± 9.829 (28–60) | 43.806 ± 9.898 (21–60) | − 1.090 | 0.28 |
Sex | 0.002 | 0.962 | ||
Male | 28 (96.552%) | 30 (96.774%) | ||
Female | 1 (3.448%) | 1 (3.226%) | ||
Fracture side | 0.243 | 0.622 | ||
Left | 15(51.724%) | 13(41.935%) | ||
Right | 14(48.276%) | 18(58.065%) | ||
Mechanism of injury | ||||
Traffic accident | 2 (6.897%) | 3 (9.677%) | 0.152 | 0.697 |
Falling from height | 27 (93.103%) | 28 (90.323%) | ||
Sanders classification | 0.029 | 0.866 | ||
II | 20 (68.966%) | 22 (70.968%) | ||
III | 9 (31.034%) | 9 (29.032%) | ||
Smoking | 1.632 | 0.201 | ||
Yes | 16 (55.172%) | 12 (38.710%) | ||
No | 13 (44.828%) | 19 (61.290%) | ||
Time from injury to operation (days) | 5.931 ± 3.504 (3–16) | 8.419 ± 4.759 (3–23) | 2.293 | 0.025 |
Intraoperative fluoroscopy images | 3.379 ± 0.677 (3–5) | 4.258 ± 0.631 (3–6) | 5.206 | 0 |
Operative time (min) | 90.414 ± 5.308 (78–101) | 82.645 ± 6.422 (65–100) | −5.088 | 0 |
Hospital stays(days) | 10.379 ± 2.541 (7–17) | 15.258 ± 5.668 (7–31) | 4.348 | 0 |
Follow-up period (months) | 13.28 ± 1.099 (12–15) | 13.84 ± 1.485 (12–17) | 1.659 | 0.102 |