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Table 4 Complications and mortality by qualification of surgeon

From: Use of the gamma3™ nail in a teaching hospital for trochanteric fractures: mechanical complications, functional outcomes, and quality of life

 

All patients (n=90)

Qualification of surgeon

p-value

Consultant (n=52)

Resident (n=38)

General in hospital Complication

5 (5.6%)

3 (5.8%)

2 (5.3%)

0.918

Apoplexy

2

1

1

 

Embolism

0

-

-

Myocardial infarction

1

-

1

Ventricular fibrillation

1

1

-

Pneumonia

1

1

-

Thrombosis

0

-

-

Mortality

 

In hospital

4 (4.4%)

4 (7.7%)

0 (0.0%)

0.080

6 month

16 (17.8%)

9 (17.3%)

7 (18.4%)

0.891

12 month

20 (22.2%)

10 (19.2%)

10 (26.3)

0.425

Local complications

8 (8.9%)

4 (7.7%)

4 (10.5)

0.641

Cutting out

1

-

1

 

Hematoma

4

3

1

Deep Infection

1

1

-

Periosteosynthetic fracture

1

-

1

Tractus irritation

1

-

1