The Feasibility of 3D Printing Technology on the Treatment of Pilon Fracture and Its Effect on Doctor-Patient Communication

Table 1

Comparison of the general conditions of the two groups.

	Conventional group	3D printing group	or	value
	48	45
Gender
Male	31	35	1.963	0.161
Female	17	10
Age (year)	42.5 ± 9.0	41.2 ± 9.3	0.698	0.487
Cause of injury
Fall from a height	27	21	0.856	0.652
Traffic accident	15	17
Other causes	6	7
Side of injury
Left	20	23	0.833	0.361
Right	28	22
AO/OTA classification
43-C1	8	5	1.071	0.585
43-C2	17	14
43-C3	23	26
AO soft tissue grading
IC 1	25	28	0.979	0.613
IC 2	16	12
IC 3	7	5
Associated fibula fracture	38	33	0.438	0.508
Time from injury to operation (day)	8.1 ± 2.3	7.6 ± 2.5	1.062	0.291