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Table 4 Complications

From: Surgical outcomes of elderly patients aged more than 80 years with distal radius fracture: comparison of external fixation and locking plate

 

External fixation

(n = 41)

Volar locking plate

(n = 28)

p value

Overall incidence of complications

22 (54%)

5 (18%)

0.003

Infection

11 (27%)

1 (4%)

< 0.0001

Chronic regional pain syndrome

2 (5%)

0 (0%)

0.24

Wrist stiffness

6 (15%)

2 (7%)

0.34

Tendonitis

5 (12%)

2 (7%)

0.50

Neuropathy

1 (2%)

1 (4%)

0.79

Implant failure

2 (5%)

0 (0%)

0.24

  1. Significant p values are shown in bold