Unilateral External Fixator Combined with Lateral Auxiliary Frame for Ultimate Treatment of Tibia and Fibula Shaft Fractures with Poor Soft Tissue Conditions

Table 1

Patient characteristics.

Case	Age (years)	Gender	Fracture side	Injury causes	Duration of hospital (days)	Reoperation	Clinical healing time (months)	Complications	Johner-Wruh score
1	24	Male	Left	Traffic accident	5	No	2	No	Excellent
2	33	Female	Right	Traffic accident	7	No	3	Pin-tract infection (oral antibiotics)	Excellent
3	25	Male	Left	Traffic accident	11	No	2	No	Excellent
4	36	Male	Left	Fall from height	6	No	3	No	Excellent
5	43	Female	Right	Traffic accident	5	No	4	No	Good
6	55	Female	Left	Fall from height	5	No	3	No	Good
7	61	Male	Right	Traffic accident	4	No	5	No	Excellent
8	19	Female	Left	Crush injury	7	No	2	No	Excellent
9	63	Male	Left	Traffic accident	11	Yes	5	Pin-tract infection (adjust the external fixator)	Good
10	37	Male	Right	Fall from height	8	No	3	No	Excellent
11	28	Male	Right	Crush injury	5	No	2.5	No	Excellent
12	29	Male	Left	Crush injury	9	No	4	No	Excellent
13	43	Male	Left	Traffic accident	10	No	3	No	Excellent
14	58	Male	Right	Other	4	No	4	No	Excellent
15	21	Male	Left	Crush injury	8	No	2	No	Excellent
16	47	Male	Right	Other	7	No	3	No	Good
17	35	Male	Left	Fall from height	12	No	3	No	Excellent
18	31	Female	Right	Other	10	No	3	No	Excellent
19	28	Male	Left	Traffic accident	8	No	2.5	No	Excellent
20	56	Female	Right	Crush injury	5	No	4	Pin-tract infection (oral antibiotics)	Excellent
21	36	Male	Left	Traffic accident	5	No	3	No	Excellent
22	44	Male	Right	Traffic accident	11	No	4	No	Excellent
23	27	Male	Left	Other	6	No	2.5	No	Excellent
24	32	Female	Right	Fall from height	7	No	2.5	No	Excellent
25	55	Male	Left	Traffic accident	9	No	3	No	Excellent
26	26	Female	Right	Fall from height	6	No	2.5	No	Excellent
27	38	Male	Right	Traffic accident	10	No	4	Pin-tract infection (removal auxiliary external fixator)	Excellent
28	20	Male	Left	Traffic accident	5	No	2	No	Excellent
29	33	Female	Right	Fall from height	6	No	2.5	No	Excellent
30	23	Male	Left	Traffic accident	8	No	2.5	No	Excellent
31	24	Male	Left	Traffic accident	5	No	2	No	Excellent