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Official Journal of the Italian Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology

Table 7 Comparison of several risk factors between the complication and non-complication group

From: Periprosthetic supracondylar femoral fractures following total knee arthroplasty: clinical comparison and related complications of the femur plate system and retrograde-inserted supracondylar nail

 

Non-complication group (n = 30)

Complication group (n = 12)

p value

Immobilization period (weeks)

4.8 ± 2.4

7.0 ± 5.8

0.386

Age at the TKR

65.7 ± 6.5

71.0 ± 6.2

0.007

BMI

25.9 ± 3.8

26.8 ± 5.8

0.770

Time to injury from operation (months)

25.9 ± 26.4

24.6 ± 29.1

0.638

Age at fracture fixation

68.4 ± 6.6

74.5 ± 5.9

0.008

Operation time (min)

126.6 ± 33.1

141.8 ± 37.8

0.246

BMD

−2.7 ± 1.4

−2.5 ± 1.1

0.708