Changes of Bone Turnover Markers in Long Bone Nonunions Treated with a Regenerative Approach

Table 2

Demographic and clinical characteristics of patient cohort.

Number of subjects evaluated at Rizzoli Orthopedic Institute
Age
Mean ± standard deviation	39.6 ± 14
Median	41.5
Range	19–65
Gender
Males
Females
Site of lesion
Femur
Tibia
Tibia & Fibula
Humerus
Not recorded
Surgery and Osteosynthesis^a
Nail
Plate
External fixator
Patients with complete blood sample collection (4 time points)
Patients prospectively evaluated (at least 2 time points)
Final outcome
Consolidation
Failure

^aOne patient was recruited but not operated on.