Clinical Effects of the Probing Method with Depth Gauge for Determining the Screw Depth of Locking Proximal Humeral Plate

Table 1

Intraoperative characteristics.

Parameters	Traditional group ()	Probing group ()	value
Operative time (min)			0.217
Range	96–135	90–120
Mean ± SD	110.55 ± 9.36	107.05 ± 8.22
Blood loss (mL)			0.322
Range	90–220	90–200
Mean ± SD	156.50 ± 33.13	146.50 ± 29.78
X-ray exposure time (s)
Range	9–16	8–15
Mean ± SD	13.15 ± 2.13	11.50 ± 1.73
Original penetration, (%)	6 (30%)	0

Statistically significant difference ().