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Table 1 Patient demographics and clinical characteristics

From: Non-unions treated with bone morphogenic protein 7: introducing the quantitative measurement of human serum cytokine levels as promising tool in evaluation of adjunct non-union therapy

 

Gender

Age

Type of Fracture (AO)

Lokalisation of Fracture

Fixation

Patients

N

 

A

B

C

C1°

Femur

Tibia

Forearm

Upper arm

Nail

Plate

Ext. Fix.

All patients

45

9

36

47,37 ±11,54

30

12

15

9

12

48

3

3

27

36

3

Union group

15

3

12

47,2 ±12,00

10

4

5

3

4

16

1

1

9

12

1

Non-union group

15

3

12

47,53 ±11,48

10

4

5

3

4

16

1

1

9

12

1

BMP-7 group

15

3

12

47,53 ±11,48

10

4

5

3

4

16

1

1

9

12

1

  1. Abbreviations: BMP-7 Bone morphogenic protein 7; Ext. Fix. Osteosynthesis by external fixation; AO AO-Classification. Age is expressed as mean years ± SD