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. 2011 Mar 10;35(12):1855–1861. doi: 10.1007/s00264-011-1232-8

Table 3.

Reoperations

Reoperations Screw, n = 137 Blade, n = 132 Relative risk (95% CI)
Total reoperations 7 (5.1%) 6 (4.5%) 1.1 (0.4; 3.3)
Cut-out 4 (2.9%) 2 (1.5%) 1.9 (0.4; 10.3)
 DHS screw 2
 Gamma 2
 DHS blade 1
 PFNA 1
Nonunion 2 1
Implant perforation of heada 0 2
Superficial wound infection 1 1

a Full slide of helical blade in barrel of plate with resultant perforation of the femoral head (not cut-out; not medial migration of blade)