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Table 2 Postoperative complications of DRF after matching

From: Relationship between potentially inappropriate medications and functional prognosis in elderly patients with distal radius fracture: a retrospective cohort study

Complications

All (n = 191)

PIMs non-use (n = 84)

PIMs use (n = 107)

p value

    

0.5591)

EPL rupture

1 (0.5)

0 (1.3)

1 (0.9)

 

Screw loosening

1 (0.5)

0 (0)

1 (0.9)

 

Compression

7 (3.6)

2 (2.2)

5 (4.7)

 

Neuropathy

3 (1.5)

2 (2.2)

1 (0.9)

 
  1. Values are presented as number (%)
  2. PIMs potentially inappropriate medications, EPL extensor pollicis longus
  3. 1)Chi-squared test
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Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research

ISSN: 1749-799X