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Table 3 Complications of the patients

From: Biodegradable pins for lateral condylar fracture of the humerus with an early delayed presentation in children: a retrospective study of biodegradable pin vs. Kirschner wire

Complications

KW (n = 17)

BP (n = 26)

P value

Nonunion

0

0

1

Malunion

0

0

1

Exposure of implant

2 (11.8%)

0

0.076

Revision after infection

0

0

1

AVN

0

0

1

Unresolved stiffness

0

0

1

Fishtail deformity

8 (47.1%)

13 (50.0%)

0.852

Pain

0

0

1

Implant prominence

12 (70.6%)

0

< 0.001*

Lateral prominence

5 (29.4%)

7 (26.9%)

0.835

Superficial infection

3 (17.6%)

0

0.028*

  1. *< 0.05