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. 2015 Nov 1;12(Suppl 2):S195–S199. doi: 10.1016/j.jor.2015.10.009

Table 2.

Thirty-day postoperative complications and outcomes in plate fixation versus intramedullary nail repair.

Factor Plate fixation Intramedullary nail p value
(N = 511) (N = 44)
Any complication 45.01 52.27 0.35
Serious adverse event 11.55 6.82 0.46
Infectious complications 4.11 2.27 1.00
Mortality 3.72 0 0.39
Blood transfusion 33.46 38.64 0.49
Superficial wound infection 0.59 2.27 0.28
Deep wound infection 0.39 0 1.00
Organ space infection 0.39 0 1.00
Wound dehiscence 0 0
Pneumonia 2.54 0 0.61
Unplanned intubation 2.15 0 1.00
Venous thromboembolism 2.74 9.09 0.046
Failure to wean from ventilator 0.20 0 1.00
Renal insufficiency 0.59 0 1.00
Acute renal failure 0.59 0 1.00
Urinary tract infection 5.48 4.55 1.00
Stroke 0.20 0 1.00
Coma 0 0
Peripheral nerve injury 0 0
Cardiac arrest 0.20 0 1.00
Myocardial infarction 1.57 0 1.00
Graft/implant failure 0 0
Sepsis 1.96 0 1.00
Septic shock 0.98 0 1.00
Reoperation 2.54 4.55 0.34

Values listed as percentages.