Operative group (n = 15)	Traction group (n = 23)	p-value	Total study group (n = 38)
Average age	35	48	0.07	43
Age range (years)	17–69	13–83		13–83
Females	40%	56%	0.33	50%
Males	60%	44%		50%
Comorbidities	27%	61%	0.04	47%
Diabetic	13%	13%	0.56	13%
Smoker	60%	26%	< 0.001	39%
Fracture patterns
Base	46%	82%		69%
Transverse	0%	9%		5%
Oblique	40%	9%		21%
Comminuted	14%	0%		5%
Mechanism of injury
FOOSH	33%	61%		50%
Hyperextension	27%	17%		21%
Twisting	7%	0%		3%
Blunt force trauma	13%	4%		8%
MVA	7%	9%		8%
Crush	13%	0%		5%
Axial load	0%	9%		5%