Effect of Teriparatide on Unstable Pertrochanteric Fractures

Table 2

Postoperative complications of patients in the control and teriparatide groups.

Parameters	Group A	Group B	value
	Variables
Postoperative complication
Superficial wound infection	3 (6.0%)	1 (3.2%)	0.504
Deep wound infection	0	0	—
Pneumonia	3 (6.0%)	1 (3.2%)	0.504
Urinary tract infection	4 (8.0%)	2 (6.5%)	0.581
Mortality	3 (6.0%)	1 (3.2%)	0.504
Delayed union	0	0	—
Nonunion	0	0	—
Malunion	7 (14.0%)	4 (12.9%)	0.584
Cutting of the lag screw	3 (6.0%)	1 (3.2%)	0.504
Implant failure	0	0	—
Overall complication	23 (46.0%)	10 (32.3%)	0.161

Group A: patients without supplementary pharmacologic treatment.
Group B: patients treated with teriparatide.
The values are given as the (%).
values for between-group comparisons were determined by the chi-squared test and Fisher’s exact test for nominal variables and Student’s -test for parametric variables.
Statistically significant ( value < 0.05).