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 class="fixed-width table-group" id="tab3"><tr><td><table class="table"><colgroup><col style="width:7.96em"/><col style="width:10.51em"/><col style="width:4.71em"/><col style="width:5.36em"/></colgroup><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="4"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_left"> </td><td class="align_center">No. of fractures treated</td><td class="align_center">Open</td><td class="align_center">Closed</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="4"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">External fixation</td><td class="align_center">76</td><td class="align_center">40</td><td class="align_center">36</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Nail</td><td class="align_center">163</td><td class="align_center">25</td><td class="align_center">138</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Plate &amp; screws</td><td class="align_center">124</td><td class="align_center">12</td><td class="align_center">112</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left" colspan="4"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Total</td><td class="align_center">363</td><td class="align_center">77 (21%)</td><td class="align_center">286 (79%)</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="4"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

<div>Treatment performed in open or closed fractures.</div>

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Table 3: 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 3 | 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 