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Official Journal of the Italian Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology

Table 3 Comparison of complications of both groups

From: Plate osteosynthesis of fractures of the shaft of the humerus: comparison of limited contact dynamic compression plates and locking compression plates

Complications

Group A

Group B

P value

Infection

8 (7.84 %)

7 (6.36 %)

0.68

Iatrogenic radial nerve palsy

3 (2.94 %)

4 (3.63 %)

0.52

Delayed union

6 (5.88 %)

9 (8.18 %)

0.08

Nonunion

2 (1.96 %)

3 (2.72 %)

0.24

Implant failure

2 (1.96 %)

0

0.12

Refracture after implant removal

0

0