Table 4 Surgical outcomes of study patients, 11 May 2018 to 31 October 2020, Gaza, Palestine
Surgical Outcomes | All Patients (N = 244) | Orthopedic (N = 64) | Orthopedic and Plastic (N = 135) | Ortho-Plastic (N = 45) | p-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Union – n (%) | |||||
 Yes | 110 (47.0%) | 26 (44.1%) | 68 (51.9%) | 16 (36.4%) | 0.18†|
 No (non-union) | 124 (53.0%) | 33 (55.9%) | 63 (48.1%) | 28 (63.6%) | |
Time till union# – [months, median (IQR)] | |||||
8.0 (4.0–14.0) | 10.0 (5.8–16.0) | 6.5 (4.0-14.3) | 10.5 (4.8–12.0) | 0.34⋆ | |
216.0 (130.0-304.0) | 257.0 (162.0-326.0) | 212.0 (120.5–349.0) | 190.0 (123.0-286.0) | ||
Malalignment – n (%) | |||||
 Yes | 19 (7.8%) | 4 (6.3%) | 12 (8.9%) | 3 (6.7%) | 0.85‡ |
 No | 224 (92.2%) | 59 (93.7%) | 123 (91.1%) | 42 (93.3%) | |
Shortening – n (%) | |||||
 Yes | 86 (35.4%) | 26 (41.3%) | 45 (33.3%) | 15 (33.3%) | 0.53†|
 No | 157 (64.6%) | 37 (58.7%) | 90 (66.7%) | 30 (66.7%) | |
Infection# – n (%) | |||||
 Yes | 172 (92.5%) | 42 (91.3%) | 97 (92.4%) | 33 (94.3%) | 0.87‡ |
 No | 14 (7.5%) | 4 (8.7%) | 8 (7.6%) | 2 (5.7%) | |
Pin site Infection – n (%) | |||||
 Yes | 168 (69.4%) | 41 (65.1%) | 94 (70.1%) | 33 (73.3%) | 0.63†|
 No | 74 (30.6%) | 22 (34.9%) | 40 (29.9%) | 12 (26.7%) | |
Osteomyelitis& – n (%) | |||||
 Yes | 46 (47.4%) | 10 (41.7%) | 26 (51.0%) | 10 (45.5%) | 0.74†|
 No | 51 (52.6%) | 14 (58.3%) | 25 (49.0%) | 12 (54.5%) | |
Delayed Amputation – n (%) | |||||
 Yes | 8 (3.4%) | 1 (1.6%) | 3 (2.3%) | 4 (9.1%) | 0.08‡ |
 No | 227 (96.6%) | 60 (98.4%) | 127 (97.7%) | 40 (90.9%) | |
Time in fixator#– [months, n (%)] | |||||
 < 12 | 109 (50.9%) | 22 (40.7%) | 67 (55.8%) | 20 (50.0%) | 0.26†|
 ≥ 12-<24 | 71 (33.2%) | 23 (42.6%) | 37 (30.8%) | 11 (27.5%) | |
 ≥ 24 | 34 (15.9%) | 9 (16.7%) | 16 (13.3%) | 9 (22.5%) | |
Duration till complete soft tissue closure - [days, Median (IQR)] | |||||
31.5 (12.0–58.0) | 3.0 (0.0-30.8) | 36.0 (25.5–70.3) | 20.5 (7.3–65.0) | < 0.001* | |