Table 1 Details of the patients at latest follow-up
Case | Gender/age | Dominance side | Pathological diagnosis | Pathological fracture | Length of bone defect (cm) | Time to assessment (months) | Bone healing time (weeks) | Preoperative pain score | Postoperative pain score | MSTS (%) | DASH | Preoperative QOL score | Postoperative QOL score | Complications |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | M/24 | Yes | ABC | Yes | 2.5 | 16 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 87 | 10.8 | 54 | 88 | None |
2 | M/18 | Yes | FD | Yes | 3 | 18 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 93 | 6.7 | 46 | 79 | None |
3 | M/58 | No | ABC | No | 3 | 21 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 83 | 12.5 | 55 | 77 | None |
4 | F/57 | Yes | HD | Yes | 2 | 10 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 80 | 14.2 | 48 | 71 | radial nerve palsy |
5 | F/34 | No | FD | No | 5 | 13 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 80 | 11.67 | 40 | 69 | None |
6 | F/16 | Yes | EG | No | 4 | 19 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 90 | 5.8 | 53 | 83 | None |
7 | F/14 | Yes | SBC | Yes | 4 | 17 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 83 | 13.3 | 63 | 77 | None |
8 | F/47 | No | CF | Yes | 3.5 | 14 | 22 | 9 | 2 | 63 | 38.3 | 38 | 72 | None |
9 | M/22 | No | OC | No | 5 | 14 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 87 | 9.2 | 45 | 79 | None |
10 | M/19 | No | ABC | No | 3 | 16 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 93 | 6.7 | 56 | 84 | None |
11 | F/33 | No | ABC | Yes | 3.5 | 17 | 18 | 7 | 1 | 83 | 15 | 48 | 76 | None |
12 | F/25 | Yes | ABC | Yes | 4 | 15 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 73 | 30.8 | 44 | 76 | None |
13 | F/42 | Yes | FD | No | 4 | 15 | 22 | 5 | 1 | 90 | 7.5 | 43 | 83 | None |
14 | M/15 | Yes | SBC | Yes | 3 | 22 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 93 | 5.8 | 50 | 78 | None |
15 | M/30 | No | ABC | Yes | 2.5 | 13 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 80 | 15 | 47 | 73 | None |
16 | M/24 | Yes | FD | No | 4.5 | 15 | 24 | 8 | 2 | 90 | 8.3 | 40 | 67 | None |
17 | M/43 | No | SBC | Yes | 4 | 17 | 22 | 4 | 1 | 70 | 27.5 | 51 | 85 | None |