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Table 3 Incidence of complications related to the fracture

From: The role of the medial buttress plate in the treatment of Pauwels type II and III femoral neck fracture in nonelderly patients: a retrospective study and preliminary results

Complications

MCS (n/N)

CMBP (n/N)

Avascular necrosis

1 (2.1%)

0 (0%)

Superficial or wound infection

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

Implant failure (cannulated screw back out/screw or plate breakage)

5 (10.6%)

1 (4.5%)

Nonunion

5 (10.6%)

2 (9.1%)

Impingement

0 (0%)

2 (9.1%)

Femoral neck shortening

2 (4.3%)

0 (0%)

  1. MCS multiple cannulated screws group, CMBP combined with medial buttress plate group