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Table 6 Reoperations for two study groups

From: Metal-on-metal hip resurfacing in patients younger than 50 years: a retrospective analysis

Type

Group 1

Group 2

p value

No. of cases

1285

1984

Reoperations

 Femoral neck fracture

0 (0%)

1 (0.1%)

0.4237

 Early fracture

0 (0%)

1 (0.1%)

0.4237

 Late fracture

2 (0.2%)

2 (0.1%)

0.6599

 Fascial healing defect

1 (0.1%)

0 (0%)

0.2150

 Psoas tendonitis

1 (0.1%)

1 (0.1%)

0.7566

 Late infection

0 (0%)

2 (0.1%)

0.2543

 Early infection

2 (0.2%)

4 (0.2%)

0.7642

 Wound dehiscence

2 (0.2%)

2 (0.1%)

0.6599

 Other causesa

2 (0.2%)

0 (0%)

0.0784

  1. aOther causes include suture reaction, frostbite, and other uncommon causes not built into the database