Tabla 1 Resultados de estudios clínicos para los casos de no unión
revisados por la FDA: estratificación por variables de categorías
Variable de categoría antes de iniciar
Probabilidad exacta de Fisher de casos
el tratamiento de SAFHS
completados†
Total
Conso-
Fallido
% de
lidado
consoli-
dación
Sexo:
Femenino
30
28
2
93%
Masculino
44
36
8
82%
Edad:
<17
1
1
0
100%
18-29
12
9
3
75%
30-49
32
27
5
84%
50-64
21
19
2
91%
>65
8
8
0
100%
Peso (kg):
<65 kg
12
11
1
92%
65-80 kg
35
31
4
89%
>80 kg
27
22
5
81%
Edad de la fractura:
256-365 días
20
19
1
95%
366-730 días
27
24
3
89%
731-1826 días
17
16
1
94%
>1827 días
10
5
5
50%
Cantidad total de
procedimientos quirúrgicos
que combinan las
intervenciones iniciales
y posteriores:
0
20
15
5
75%
1
15
12
3
80%
2
24
23
1
96%
>3
15
14
1
93%
Días anteriores sin cirugía
(días desde el último
procedimiento quirúrgico
hasta el inicio de SAFHS):
<82
9
9
0
100%
83-365
39
34
5
87%
366-730
12
12
0
100%
>731
14
9
5
64%
Hueso:
Tibia/tibia-fíbula/fíbula
28
26
2
93%
Fémur
13
12
1
92%
Radio/radio-ulna/ulna
7
6
1
86%
Húmero
6
5
1
83%
Metatarso
4
4
0
100%
Otros huesos del pie (calcáneo)
1
1
0
100%
Tobillo††
2
1
1
50%
Escafoides
6
2
4
33%
Otros huesos de la mano (metacarpiano)
1
1
0
100%
Otro (4 clavículas, 1 pelvis, 1 costilla)
6
6
0
100%
††Artrodesis tibiotalar
Huesos largos frente a otros huesos
Huesos largos
59
54
5
92%
28 tibias
13 fémures
7 radios
6 húmeros
4 metatarsianos
1 metacarpiano
Otros huesos
1 calcáneo
15
10
5
67%
4 clavículas
1 pelvis
1 costilla
6 escafoides
2 tobillos
25
Desplazado al comienzo de la terapia
de SAFHS
Faltante
(5)
(2)
(3)
Valor p
No
56
50
6
Sí
13
12
1
Tipo de hueso largo: solo para casos
de huesos largos
0,19
Faltante
(5)
(3)
(2)
Metafisial
8
6
2
Diafisial
46
45
1
0,52
Tipo de fractura inicial
Faltante
(4)
(2)
(2)
Cerrada
40
34
6
Abierta
22
21
1
Artrodesis
2
1
1
0,65
Osteotomía
6
6
0
Fijación presente al inicio
del tratamiento de SAFHS
0,001
y durante este:
Clavo intramedular; solo
para huesos largos
No
43
38
5
Casos
(N=59)
Sí
16
16
0
Reducción abierta
0,16
No
50
43
7
Fijación interna (ORIF)
Sí
24
21
3
Fijación externa; solo para
No
50
46
4
Casos de huesos largos
(N=59)
Sí
9
8
1
Conservador
0,03
No
58
51
7
(Yeso, tablilla, soporte)
Sí
16
13
3
Clavo intramedular, ORIF
o externo
No
10
7
3
Fijación o conservador
Sí
64
57
7
Terapia previa de litotripsia fallida
No
72
62
10
0,03
Sí
2
2
0
Estado de tabaquismo:
Faltante
(2)
(2)
(0)
Nunca fumó
34
31
3
Dejó de fumar antes de iniciar el
tratamiento de SAFHS
10
8
2
Fuma durante el tratamiento de SAFHS
28
23
5
Tipo de fractura no consolidada:
Faltante
(22)
(17)
(5)
Atrópico
41
36
5
Hipertrópico
11
11
0
0,02
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