Table 7.

Complications in patients included in a 3 year follow-up of a randomized controlled study comparing non-operative treatment with volar locking plate (VLP) in patients > 70 years of age

Major complications
	Non-operative treatment (n = 33)	Volar Locking Plate (n = 33)
Additional surgery with VLP due to unacceptable secondary displacement	1	0
Corrective osteotomy	2	0
Plate extraction and carpal tunnel release	0	1
Plate extraction	0	1
Carpal tunnel release	2	1
Total	5 (15%)	3 (9%)
Minor complications
	Non-operative treatment (n = 24)	Volar locking plate (n = 28)
Numbness	1	5
Scar adherence	0	1
Ulnar pain	4	1
Total	5 (21%)	7 (25%)

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