Table 1.

Patient profiles and clinical results

Variables	Locking plate group	Hook plate group	P-value
Age (yr)	42.5 ± 10.7	41.1 ± 10.3	0.46
Gender
Male	20 (55.6 %)	17 (56.7 %)	0.93
Female	16 (44.4 %)	13 (43.3 %)	0.93
Fracture side
Right	23 (63.9 %)	16 (53.3 %)	0.39
Left	13 (36.1 %)	14 (46.7 %)	0.39
Follow-up (months)	28.6 ± 6.2	27.2 ± 6.1	0.19
Union rate (%)	97.2 %	93.3 %	0.45
Constant score (points)	95.5 ± 5.9	93.3 ± 8.1	0.15
Complications (%)	5.6 %	23.3 %	0.04
Return to work in three months (%)	94.4 %	73.3 %	0.02