Clinical Results of Decortication with Bone Grafting Method versus Extracorporeal Shock Wave Treatment in Long-Bone Pseudoarthrosis

02 May 2023 : Clinical Research

Mehmet Ata Gökalp^1ABEFG*, Seyyid Şerif Ünsal^2BCDF, Savaş Güner^3AEFG, Tülin Türközü^1BCEFG, Necip Güven^1BDF

DOI: 10.12659/MSM.939395

Med Sci Monit 2023; 29:e939395

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Table 2 The properties of patients fractures.

	Decortication and bone grafting group	ESWT group
The number of fractured bones	32	36
The distribution of fractured bones
Femur	18	22
Tibia	14	14
The presence of open fractures	14	16
The number of segmental fractures	18	16
The presence of additional fractures	18	10
Accompanying vascular damage	4	–
Postoperative fracture reduction status	26	30
Smoking	24	24
Presence of comorbidities causing fracture delay	2	10
The history of infections	10	4

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