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Table 2 Complications of the surgical procedures performed on the lesser toes in both cohorts

From: The impact of associated tenotomies on the outcome of incomplete phalangeal osteotomies for lesser toe deformities

 

IO

IO + tenotomy

Fisher’s exact test significance

Events, n

Patients (%), n = 129

Procedures (%), n = 436

Events, n

Patients (%), n = 94

Procedures (%), n = 287

Patients

Procedures

Intraoperative phalangeal fracture

19

11.4

3.4

23

24.5

8.0

0.082

0.050

Postsurgical phalangeal fracture

3

1.8

0.5

12

12.8

4.2

0.002**

0.002**

Displacement

14

8.4

2.5

20

21.3

6.9

0.038*

0.003**

Delayed union

11

6.6

1.9

24

25.5

8.4

0.000‡

0.000‡

Hypertrophic callus

12

7.2

2.1

23

24.5

8.0

0.003**

0.002**

Non-union

0

1

1.1

0.3

0.421

0.397

Lack of correction

2

1.0

0.3

8

8.5

2.8

0.019*

0.017*

  1. IO incomplete osteotomy
  2. *p < 0.05; **p < 0.01; p < 0.001