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Table 2 Perioperative data

From: The outcome for surgical fixation of distal radial fractures in patients with idiopathic Parkinson’s disease: a cohort study

 

Overall

Patients w/ PD

Patients w/o PD

p value

Number of patients

88

23

65

 

Surgical intervention

 K-wires

10 (11.4%)

6 (26.1%)

4 (6.2%)

< 0.05

 External Fixation

14 (15.9%)

4 (17.4%)

10 (15.4%)

0.53

 Plates

63 (72.7%)

13 (56.5%)

51 (78.5%)

< 0.05

Outcome

   

< 0.05

 Union

76 (86.4%)

14 (60.9%)

62 (95.4%)

 

 Treatment failure

12 (13.6%)

9 (39.1%)

3 (4.6%)

 

Associated injuries

6 (6.8%)

3 (13%)

3 (4.6%)

0.17

 Reoperation

1 (1.1%)

1 (4.3%)*

0

0.91

 Length of stay (days)

4.42 ± 2.59

5.3 ± 4.69

3.78 ± 0.96

0.01

 Readmission (< 30 days)

4 (4.5%)

3 (13.0%)

1 (1.5%)

0.05

Complications

2 (2.2%)

1 (4.3%)

1 (1.5%)

X

 Pneumonia

1 (1.1%)

1 (4.3%)

0

 

 UTI

0

0

0

 

 Wound

1 (1.1%)

0

1 (1.5%)

 

 Mortality

0

0

0

 

 Thromboembolism

0

0

0

 
  1. PD Parkinson’s disease, UTI urinary tract infection
  2. *Screw cutout leading to early removal of implant