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Table 2 Post-operative Complications in the Teriparatide and Control Groups

From: Effects of teriparatide on cementless bipolar hemiarthroplasty in patients with osteoporotic femoral neck fractures

Parameters

Group A

Group B

p value

N = 52

N = 40

Variables

 Superficial wound infection

2 (3.8 %)

1 (2.5 %)

0.598

 Deep wound infection

0

0

-

 Pneumonia

2 (3.8 %)

1 (2.5 %)

0.598

 Urinary tract infection

2 (3.8 %)

1 (2.5 %)

0.598

 Venous thrombo-embolism

0

0

-

 Mortality

6 (11.5 %)

4 (10 %)

0.545

 Intra-operative peri-prosthetic fracture

0

0

-

 Post-operative peri-prosthetic fracture

0

1 (2.5 %)

0.435

 Subsidence of the femoral stem

18 (34.6 %)

6 (15.0 %)

0.028*

 Early loosening

0

0

-

 Dislocation

0

0

-

 Overall complications

30 (57.7 %)

14 (35.0 %)

0.020*

  1. Group A: patients without supplementary pharmacologic treatment
  2. Group B: patients treated with teriparatide
  3. The values are given as the n (%)
  4. p-values for between-group comparisons were determined by the chi-squared test and Fisher’s exact test
  5. *Statistically significant (p < 0.05)