Influence of Timing on Surgical Outcomes for Acute Humeral Shaft Fractures

Table 3

Subgroup analysis of the incidence of postoperative complications and postoperative fracture gap in intramedullary nailing group or plate fixation group.

Intramedullary nailing	Early group (n = 7)	Delayed group (n = 13)	value
Delayed union	0 (0%)	7 (54%)	0.017
Nonunion	0 (0%)	2 (15%)	0.51
Postoperative fracture gap (mm)	1.9 ± 1.4	4.8 ± 3.3	0.017
Plate fixation	Early group (n = 12)	Delayed group (n = 8)	value
Delayed union	1 (8.3%)	0 (0%)	1.0
Nonunion	0 (0%)	0 (0%)	—
Postoperative fracture gap (mm)	0.5 ± 0.7	1.9 ± 2.4	0.172

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