Research Article
Atypical Complete Femoral Fractures Associated with Bisphosphonate Use or Not Associated with Bisphosphonate Use: Is There a Difference?
Table 3
Characteristics of radiographic results.
| | BP group () | Non-BP group () | |
| Preoperative | | | | Femoral neck-shaft angle (°) | 126.1 (119–137.3) | 126 (121.6–136) | 0.981 | Coronal bowing of the femur (°) | 10.3 (2.6–22.6) | 10.6 (0.6–21.2) | 0.994 | Sagittal bowing of the femur (°) | 13.3 (4.9–31.8) | 13.4 (6–20.5) | 0.758 | Intraoperative | | | | Reduction in the coronal plane | | | 0.828 | Valgus | 9 (12.3%) | 1 (12.5%) | | Neutral | 57 (78.1%) | 6 (75.0%) | | Varus | 7 (9.6%) | 1 (12.5%) | | Reduction in the sagittal plane | | | 0.628 | Flexion | 2 (2.8%) | 0 (0.0%) | | Neutral | 65 (89.0%) | 7 (87.5%) | | Extension | 6 (8.2%) | 1 (12.5%) | | Postoperative | | | | Union within 6 months | 49 (67.1%) | 5 (63.5%) | 1.000 | Delayed union | 20 (27.4%) | 3 (37.5%) | 0.682 | Nonunion | 4 (5.5%) | 0 (0.0%) | 1.000 | Reoperation | 3 (4.1%) | 1 (12.5%) | 0.346 | Revision | 3 (4.1%) | 1 (12.5%) | 0.346 |
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