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Table 4 Surgical complications

From: Intramedullary nailing and plating osteosynthesis in the correction of post-traumatic deformity in late-diagnosed distal radius fractures: a retrospective comparison study

Items

Group Aa

Group Bb

P-value *

Patients with complications

5 (23%)

10 (40%)

0.205

Paresthesia

4 (18%)

2 (8%)

0.297

Superficial infection

0

2 (8%)

0.161

Implant related

2 (9%)

9 (36%)

0.030

 Migration

2 (9%)

3 (12%)

 

 Removal

0 (0%)

6 (24%)

 
  1. *P-values in bold are considered statistically significant (p < 0.05)
  2. aGroup A: patients who underwent intramedullary nailing
  3. bGroup B: patients who underwent plating osteosynthesis