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.

Variablesn (%)

Age (years), mean ± SD31.7 ± 5.97

GenderMale29 (56.9%)
Female22 (43.1%)

Limb fracturedLower51 (100%)
Upper0 (0%)

InfectionYes51 (100%)
No0 (0%)

Bacterial cultureGrowth51 (100%)
No growth0 (0%)

Times of X-ray exposureOne19 (37.3%)
Two23 (45.1%)
Three9 (17.6%)