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Frequencies (n) of complications in different treatment groups
| S n = 53 (%) |
S + RT n = 58 (%) |
RT n = 44 (%) |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Intraoperative bleeding | 1 (1.9) | ||
| Infection | 3 (5.7) | ||
| Nonunion | 2 (3.8) | 1 (1.7) | |
| Implant failure | 2 (3.8) | 4 (6.9) | |
| Local progression of metastasis | 2 (3.8) | 1 (2.3) | |
| Pathological fracture | 6 (13.6) | ||
| Interprosthetic fracture | 1 (1.7) | ||
| Massive increase in pain | 2 (4.5) |
