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Table 2 One-year complication rate per category as categorized by Parvizi

From: More complications in uncemented compared to cemented hemiarthroplasty for displaced femoral neck fractures: a randomized controlled trial of 201 patients, with one year follow-up

  

Uncemented (91)

Cemented (110)

P

Major systemic

Death

25

21

(0.18)

Tachyarrhythmia

1

4

 

Myocardial infarction

4

2

 

Pulmonary embolus

1

6

 

Acute renal failure

3

2

 

Stroke and/or TIA

3

3

 

Bowel obstruction

0

1

 

Total number of patients with >/=1 major systemic complication a

29 out of 91 (31.9%)

29 out of 110 (26.4%)

0.41

Minor systemic

Anemia

30

39

 

Urinary tract infection

14

22

 

Mental status change

23

21

 

Gastric hypomotility

0

2

 

Deep venous thrombosis

0

1

 

Pneumonia

14

12

 

Social complication

2

9

 

Others

2

2

 

Total number of patients with >/=1 minor systemic a

73 out of 91 (80.2%)

89 out of 110 (80.9%)

0.92

Major local

Peripheral nerve injury

0

1

 

Infection leading to revision

0

1

 

Periprosthetic fracture

14

3

 

intraoperatively

12

0

 

postoperatively

2

3

 

Dislocation

5

3

 

Total number of patients with >/= 1 major local complication a

19 out of 91 (20.9%)

8 out of 110 (7.3%)

0.005

Minor local

Hematoma

1

6

 

Persistent wound drainage

3

4

 

Superficial wound infection

3

6

 

Skin blisters

1

1

 

Other

6

2

 

Total number of patients with >/= 1 minor local complication a

12 out of 91 (13.2%)

19 out of 110 (10.9%)

0.42

  1. aThe number of patients with a complication in a category is not equal to the sum of complications in a category, while some patients had more than 1 complication