Comparing the Knotless Tension Band and the Traditional Stainless Steel Wire Tension Band Fixation for Medial Malleolus Fractures: A Retrospective Clinical Study

Table 2

Descriptive outcomes of the patient population studied based on what was available in the medical record. Mean age is reported ± the standard deviation. All other outcomes are reported as the number of patients (and as a percentage of the group total).

Fixation	WTB	KTB
Age	46.45 ± 14.96	41.5 ± 18.25
Primary language
English	68 (76.40%)	16 (84.21%)
Spanish	21 (23.59%)	3 (15.79%)
Ethnicity
Caucasian	25 (39.05%)	8 (44.44%)
African American	7 (10.94%)	3 (16.67%)
Hispanic	32 (50%)	7 (38.89%)
Comorbidities
Yes	47 (62.67%)	4 (25%)
No	28 (37.33%)	12 (75%)
Nicotine abuse
Yes	47 (62.67%)	4 (25%)
No	57 (72.15%)	9 (52.94%)
Alcohol abuse
Yes	20 (25.32%)	5 (29.41%)
No	59 (74.68%)	12 (70.59%)