Clinical outcomes of triceps reflecting anconeus pedicle and olecranon osteotomy approach for distal humerus intercondylar fractures

Table 1 Patient demographic data

Parameters	TRAP group, n = 20	Olecranon osteotomy group, n = 20	P value
Male:female ratio, n	8:12	11:9	> 0.05
Age in yr, mean (range)	43.2 (18-58)	37.45 (21-55)	< 0.05
Mechanism of injury
Fall, n (%)	16 (80)	14 (70)	< 0.05
Road traffic accident, n (%)	4 (20)	6 (30)
AO/ASIF fracture type
Type C1	7	7	> 0.05
Type C2	11	9
Type C3	3	3
Intraoperative time in min, mean	119.5	111.45	< 0.05
Hospital stay in d, mean	9.85	5.45	< 0.05
Time taken for union in wk, mean (range)	13.05 (10-16)	12.85 (10-15)	> 0.05
Complications, n
Ulnar nerve paresthesia	2	3	> 0.05
Hardware prominence	2	5	< 0.05
Infection	3	2	> 0.05

AO/ASIF: Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Osteosynthesefragen/Association of the Study of Internal Fixation; TRAP: Triceps anconeus pedicle approach.