Table 2.
Complication rates
|
Study group |
Control group |
p value | |
|---|---|---|---|
| (n = 70) | (n = 173) | ||
|
Intraoperative Complications | |||
| shaft fissure [n] (%) |
3 (4.3) |
9 (5.2) |
0.77 |
| shaft fracture [n] (%) |
1 (1.4) |
2 (1.2) |
0.86 |
| Shaft perforation [n] (%) |
2 (2.9) |
4 (2.3) |
0.80 |
| Avulsion of greater trochanter [n] (%) |
1 (1.4) |
3 (1.7) |
0.87 |
| Sum [n] (%) |
7 (10) |
18 (10.4) |
0.93 |
|
Postoperative Complications | |||
| Dislocations [n] (%) |
5 (7.1) |
10 (5.8) |
|
| Closed reduction [n] (%) |
2 (2.9) |
5 (2.9) |
|
| Open reduction [n] (%) |
3 (4.3) |
5 (2.9) |
|
| Periprosthetic fracture [n] (%) |
1 (1.4) |
5 (2.9) |
|
| Aseptic loosening [n] (%) |
1 (1.4) |
5 (2.9) |
|
| Periprosthetic infections [n] (%) |
1 (1.4) |
3 (1.7) |
|
| Early infection [n] (%) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
|
| Late infection [n] (%) |
1 (1.4) |
3 (1.7) |
|
|
Postoperative complications [n] (%) |
8 (11.4) |
23 (13.3) |
|
|
Revision surgery required [n] (%) |
6 (8.6) |
19 (11) |
|
| Failure rate [n] (%) | 3 (4.3) | 8 (4.6) | |
Summary of intraoperative and postoperative complications.