Can Clinical and Surgical Parameters Be Combined to Predict How Long It Will Take a Tibia Fracture to Heal? A Prospective Multicentre Observational Study: The FRACTING Study

Table 1

Parameters used for FRACTING score calculation.

Parameter	Values for score calculation
Age increase	18–45	1
	46–60	2
	>60	3
Malnutrition	Yes	1
Diabetes	Yes	1
Smoking	Yes	1
Use of NSAIDs	Yes	1
Fracture exposure severity	Closed	1
	Open grade 1	2
	Open skin < 5 cm	3
	Open skin > 5 cm	4
Location: metaphysis or epiphysis	Yes	1
Synthesis device	Nail	1
	Plate	2
	External fixation	3
Unstable	Yes	1
Misalignment > 5°	Yes	1
Bone graft	Yes	1
Plate + diastasis	Yes	0.5
Angular stability plate	Yes	0.5
Plate + plaster cast	Yes	−0.5
Fracture of tibia alone	Yes	1
Loss of bone substance	Yes	1
Bone diastasis, >2 mm	Yes	1
Length of surgery, >120 minutes	Yes	1
Blood haemoglobin before treatment < 10 g/dl	Yes	1
Blood haemoglobin after treatment < 10 g/dl	Yes	1

NSAIDs: nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs.