Table 2.

Intraoperative and postoperative outcomes

	CTBW	LTBW	p. value
Number, n	93	29
Operation time, min, mean ± SD	79.3 ± 30.0	107.7 ± 20.2	< 0.001
Complication*, n (%)	28 (30.1)	3 (10.3)	0.048
Implant failure, n (%)	2 (2.2)	0 (0.0)	1.000
Infection, n (%)	2 (2.2)	1 (3.4)	0.560
Neurological symptoms, n (%)	1 (1.1)	0 (0.0)	1.000
Heterotopic ossification, n (%)	1 (1.1)	0 (0.0)	1.000
Irritation, n (%)	23 (24.7)	2 (6.9)	0.038
Reoperation, n (%)	24 (25.8)	3 (10.3)	0.122
Removal, n (%)	66 (71.0)	12 (41.4)	0.007
Patients’ request, n (%)	42 (63.6)	10 (83.3)
Irritation, n (%)	22 (33.3)	2 (16.7)
Infection, n (%)	1 (1.5)	0 (0.0)
Implant failure, n (%)	1 (1.5)	0 (0.0)
Postoperative K-wire displacement, mm, mean (SD)	2.0 ± 0.9	2.9 ± 0.4	< 0.001
K-wire displacement at last follow-up, mm, mean (SD)	5.2 ± 1.9	3.7 ± 0.5	< 0.001

SD standard deviation, CTBW conventional tension band wiring, LTBW locked tension band wiring

*There are some duplications in number of complications