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Table 3 Clinical outcomes

From: Comparison of supraintercondylar and supracondylar femur fractures treated with condylar buttress plates

Parameter

Supraintercondylar

Supracondylar

P value

Union rate

90 % (27/30)

91.7 % (22/24)

0.68

Time to union, mean (range), months

6.4 (2–12)

5 (3–10)

0.19

Complications

 Infection

6.7 % (2/30)

0 %

0.30

 Stiffness (knee flexion < 90°)

13.3 % (4/30)

0 %

0.09

 Varus deformity

16.7 % (5/30)

0 %

0.045