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Table 1 Patient demographics

From: A locking compression plate as an external fixator for treating infected nonunion of the humeral diaphysis

Case

Age(y)/Gender

Open/Closed frcatue

AO/OTA classification

Gustilo grade

Initial treatment

Initial approach

Radial nerve injury

Time from fracture to revision surgery (months)

Type of organism

1

39/M

closed

12-A2

ORIF

anterolateral

no

7.2

Staphylococcus aureus

2

40/F

closed

12-A3

ORIF

posterior

yes

3

Enterobacter cloacae

3

37/M

closed

12-B2

ORIF

anterolateral

no

4.5

Staphylococcus aureus

4

37/M

closed

12-B2

ORIF

anterolateral

no

6

No growth

5

26/F

open

12-B1

II

Debridement and ORIF

anterolateral

no

6

MRSA

6

61/M

closed

12-B3

ORIF

anterolateral

no

15

Pseudomonas aeruginosa

7

46/M

closed

12-C1

ORIF

anterolateral

no

7.5

Staphylococcus aureus

  1. M Man, F female, ORIF Open reduction and internal fixation, MRSA Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus