Kirschner Wire Temporary Intramedullary Fixation Combined with a Locking Anatomical Plate versus a Reconstruction Plate in the Treatment of Comminuted Clavicular Fractures: A Retrospective Study

Table 1

Baseline data of all patients.

	(n=52)	(n=60)	T or χ^2 value, P-value
Mean age in years	46.3±3.7	45.7±4.1	t=0.81, 0.421
Sex (male/ female)	40/12	40/20	x^2=1.44, 0.231
Course of disease (Day)	6.6±0.3	6.4±0.4	t=2.95, 0.044
Fracture side (Left/ right)	12/40	18/42	x^2=0.68, 0.409
Cause of injury			x^2=1.01, 0.601
Traffic injury	35	39
Falling injury	10	9
Other injury	7	12