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Table 4 Prognosis and complications of patients undergoing revision surgery with short and standard or diaphyseal fixation stems

From: Short uncemented femoral component for hip revision: prognosis and risk factors associated with failure

Patient characteristics

Short stem (N = 381)

Standard and diaphyseal fixation (N = 397)

Statistical value

P

Harris score

    

 Excellent

149

155

4.583a

0.205

 Good

159

143

  

 Fair

51

69

  

 Poor

22

30

  

Complications

    

 Periprosthetic fracture

9

12

2.197a

0.948

 Dislocation

16

21

  

 Recurrent-dislocation

4

5

  

 Infection

5

6

  

 Aseptic loosening

12

15

  

 Heterotopic ossification

10

7

  

 Bone grafting failure

5

3

  

 Other

1

1

  

Survival of femoral component

    

 No

359

362

2.707a

0.100

 Yes

22

35

  
  1. aChi-square test