17 August 2022>: Clinical Research
A Retrospective Study of 98 Elderly Patients with High-Risk Lateral Femoral Wall Intertrochanteric Hip Fractures to Compare Outcomes Following Surgery with Proximal Femoral Nail Antirotation (PFNA) Versus Dynamic Hip Screw (DHS)
Zhi Tian BCDE* , Jia Chen ABCDE* , Yazhou Zhang CF , Lifang Shi F , Wenyi Li AE*DOI: 10.12659/MSM.936923
Med Sci Monit 2022; 28:e936923
Table 2 Incidence of complications of the patients in the 2 groups.
PFNA (n=52) | DHS (n=46) | Statistical value | p | |
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Incision infection | 0 | 0 | – | – |
Bedsore | 1 | 2 | 0.012 | 0.914 |
Delayed fracture healing | 1 | 3 | 0.406 | 0.524 |
Deep vein thrombosis | 2 | 1 | 0.012 | 0.914 |
Lung infection | 2 | 2 | 0.149 | 0.699 |
Urinary infection | 0 | 0 | – | – |
Lateral wall fracture | 2 | 10 | 7.272 | 0.007 |
Instrumentation failure | 2 | 4 | 0.333 | 0.564 |
Nonunion | 1 | 2 | 0.012 | 0.914 |