Table 3: Demographic data and patient characteristics.
| Characteristic |
SPICA |
% |
ESIN |
% |
P |
| Age (years) |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
| Mean ± SD |
5 ± 1.4 |
– |
6 ± 2.4 |
– |
0.11 |
| Range |
2–8 |
– |
3–11 |
– |
– |
| Weight (kg) |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
| Mean ± SD |
18.5 ± 3.3 |
– |
21.7 ± 5.9 |
– |
0.04* |
| Range |
14–28 |
– |
13–36 |
– |
– |
| Males |
15 |
75 |
16 |
80 |
– |
| Females |
5 |
25 |
4 |
20 |
– |
| Male/Female |
3/1 |
– |
4/1 |
– |
– |
| Time to definitive treatment (days) |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
| Mean ± SD |
3.4 ± 3.1 |
– |
2.3 ± 0.9 |
– |
0.13 |
| Range |
1–10 |
– |
1–4 |
– |
– |
| Mechanism of injury |
– |
– |
– |
– |
| Low-energy trauma |
8 |
40 |
4 |
20 |
– |
| Medium-energy trauma |
6 |
30 |
5 |
25 |
– |
| High-energy trauma |
6 |
30 |
11 |
55 |
– |
| Fracture location |
– |
– |
– |
– |
| Midshaft |
14 |
70 |
14 |
70 |
– |
| Proximal third |
4 |
20 |
6 |
30 |
– |
| Distal third |
2 |
10 |
none |
0 |
– |
| Fracture pattern |
– |
– |
– |
– |
| Spiral |
10 |
50 |
5 |
25 |
– |
| Oblique |
3 |
15 |
3 |
15 |
– |
| Transverse |
6 |
30 |
11 |
55 |
– |
| Winquist type 1 |
1 |
5 |
none |
– |
– |
| Winquist type 3 |
none |
– |
1 |
5 |
– |
| Operative time (min) |
– |
– |
– |
– |
| Mean ± SD |
30.3 ± 4.1 |
– |
60.8 ± 21 |
– |
<0.0001* |
| Range |
25–40 |
– |
35–110 |
– |
– |
P values indicated with asterisk (*) are considered as statistically significant.