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Official Journal of the Italian Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology

Table 3 Postoperative and follow-up outcomes

From: Plating versus elastic stable intramedullary nailing for displaced pediatric midshaft clavicular fractures

 

ESIN (N = 45)

Plate (N = 28)

P value

Complication

   

 Loss of reduction

0

0

1

 Nonunion

0

0

1

 Refracture

0

2 (7.1%)

0.08

 Implant prominence

20 (44.4%)

9 (32.1%)

0.30

 SSI

2 (4.4%)

2 (7.1%)

0.60

SCAR scale

   

 3rd month

3.5 ± 1.5 (2, 4)

7.7 ± 2.3 (6, 9)

< 0.001*

 Before hardware removal

3.2 ± 1.8 (2, 4)

8.2 ± 2.3 (7, 10)

< 0.001*

 3rd month after removal

2.9 ± 1.6 (2, 4)

8.3 ± 2.2 (7, 10)

< 0.001*

 Cosmetic counsel#

10 (22.2%)

20 (71.4%)

< 0.001*

ASES score

   

 3rd month

90.4 ± 2.7 (88, 92)

90.8 ± 2.5 (89, 92)

0.47

 6th month

92.8 ± 2.2 (91, 94)

93.1 ± 2.4 (91, 95)

0.56

 Last follow-up

94.5 ± 2.8 (92, 96)

95.1 ± 2.7 (93, 96)

0.36

  1. Values of ontinuous variables are described as mean ± SD (interquartile range)
  2. ESIN elastic stable intramedullary nail, SSI surgical site infection, SCAR Scar Cosmesis Assessment and Rating, ASES American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons
  3. *P ≤ 0.05
  4. #Cosmetic counsel was sought due to esthetic concerns