Research Article
The Novel Role of Healing from Bacterial Infections of Lower Limb Open Fractures by X-Ray Exposure
Table 1
Basic demographical and clinical characteristics of 51 patients suffering from open fracture.
| Variables | n (%) |
| Age (years), mean ± SD | 31.7 ± 5.97 |
| Gender | Male | 29 (56.9%) | Female | 22 (43.1%) |
| Limb fractured | Lower | 51 (100%) | Upper | 0 (0%) |
| Infection | Yes | 51 (100%) | No | 0 (0%) |
| Bacterial culture | Growth | 51 (100%) | No growth | 0 (0%) |
| Times of X-ray exposure | One | 19 (37.3%) | Two | 23 (45.1%) | Three | 9 (17.6%) |
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