Table 3.
Types of implant and implant localization.
| Parameter | Group 1 Complications |
Group 2 Complications |
p-Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Procedures/Types of implant | |||
| Unilateral surgery (number of patients) | 4 (18%) | 2 (17%) | |
| Bilateral surgery (number of patients) | 18 (82%) | 10 (83%) | |
| Number of implants | 41 | 26 | |
| Pedi-Plate (number) | 37 (90%) | 26 (100%) | |
| Eight-Plate™ (number) | 4 (10%) | 0 (0%) | |
| Implant localization | 0.016 | ||
| Medial distal femur | 37 (90.2%) | 18 (69.2%) | |
| Medial proximal tibia | 2 (4.9%) | 0 (0.0%) | |
| Medial distal femur and medial proximal tibia | 2 (4.9%) | 8 (30.8%) |
Parametric data: mean with standard deviation in parenthesis. There was no difference in the type of additive regional anesthesia (p = 0.060). All patients had general anesthesia and most also had additional regional anesthesia (see Table 4). Group 1 had a shorter duration of surgery (32 min vs. 38 min, p = 0.032) and a lower pressure of tourniquet (250 mmHg vs. 270 mmHg, p = 0.019) compared with group 2. The duration of tourniquet inflation showed no significant difference (p = 0.162).