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Table 2 Outcomes

From: Comparison of outcomes and analysis of risk factors for non-union in locked plating of closed periprosthetic and non-periprosthetic distal femoral fractures in a retrospective cohort study

Outcome

Periprosthetic N = 68

Non-periprosthetic N = 57

p value

Mean time to union (months)

4.2 (SD 1.2)

4.7 (SD 1.5)

0.827

Non-union

11 (16.2%)

12 (21%)

0.648

Complication

10 (14.7%)

9 (15.8%)

0.944

Revision

9 (13.2%)

8 (14.0%)

0.948

Post-operative worse mobility/dependant living arrangement

30 (44.1%)

23 (40.4%)

0.800

Mortality

15 (22.1%)

15 (26.3%)

0.566

  1. p values calculated using survival analysis for mean time to union and Chi-squared test for remaining outcomes