Comparison of Monolateral External Fixation and Internal Fixation for Skeletal Stabilisation in the Management of Small Tibial Bone Defects following Successful Treatment of Chronic Osteomyelitis

Table 4

ADL and SAS assessment of patients enrolled.

Parameters	Surgery type		value
	Internal fixation ()	External fixation ()
ADL assessment
Normal function (%)	80.7	52.9
Early loss function (%)	19.3	47.1
SAS assessment
Mild anxiety (%)	38.6	19.0
Moderate anxiety (%)	57.9	70.6
Severe anxiety (%)	3.5	10.4

ADL: activity of daily living scale; SAS: Self-Rating Anxiety Scale. ; .