Table 3 Complication rates over 21-month follow-up period

Number of patients with at least one complication (% of patients)

4 (20)

13 (48)

0.277 [0.000 -0.970]

0.045

Number of complications by type (% of patients)

    secondary displacement

2 (10)

4 (15)

0.65 (0.00, 3.88)

0.489

    avascular necrosis

2 (10)

2 (7)

1.38 (0.14, inf.)

0.574

    screw perforation

2 (10)

6 (22)

0.40 (0.00, 2.04)

0.242

    subacromial impingement

0 (0)

3 (11)

0.00 (0.00, 2,27)

0.180

    infection

0 (0)

2 (7)

0.00 (0.00, 4.67)

0.325

    non-union

0 (0)

0 (0)

-

-

    plate failure

0 (0)

0 (0)

-

-

    nerve palsy

0 (0)^a

2 (7)

0.00 (0.00, 4.67)

0.325

    pulmonary embolus

0 (0)

1 (4)

0.00 (0.00, 25.7)

0.575

    stiffness

0 (0)

2 (7)

0.00 (0.00, 4.67)

0.325