Humeral Diaphyseal Fracture Nonunion: An Audit of the Outcome from Intramedullary Nailing and DCP Plating

Table 2

Comparison of intraoperative characteristics between both groups.

Variable	Plate Fixation Group; N = 36	IM Nail Group; N = 20	p-value
Time from injury to surgery, month.; (median, range)	31.00 (24 – 48)	31.66 (24 – 40)	0.643
Intraoperative blood loss, ml. (median, range)	97.50 (50 – 150)	62.92 (25 – 100)	< 0.001
Duration of surgery, minutes; (mean ± SD)	73.25 ± 16.32	39.02 ± 11.00	< 0.001
Length of hospitalization, days (median, range)	3.90 (2 – 6)	1.16 (1 – 2)	< 0.001

SD = Standard Deviation.
Time from injury to surgery, intraoperative blood loss, and length of hospitalization were analyzed with Mann Whitney U test. Duration of surgery was analyzed with independent student t-test.
Statistically significant for p<0.05.