Early complications of preoperative external traction fixation in the staged treatment of tibial fractures: A series of 402 cases

Table 2 Demographic data

	n	Complications	P value
Sex			0.403
Male	283	15
Female	119	4
Laterality			0.833
Left	160	8
Right	242	11
Pin placement
Drill	163	12	0.040a
Hammer	239	7
Tscherne classification			0.722
C1	93	4
C2	213	9
C3	96	6
Tibial fractures			0.775
AO41	115	5
AO42	49	1
AO43	127	7
AO44	111	6

^aP < 0.05.