Research Article

[Retracted] Functional Outcome and Inflammatory Response of Patients with Extra-Articular Distal Humeral Fractures following Implantation of Anatomically Precontoured Locking Compression Plates through a Posterior Approach

Table 1

The VSA scores of patients with humeral fractures before and 24, 48, and 72 h after extra-articular distal humeral APLCP through posterior approaches or LPO.

GroupBefore surgery24 h after surgery48 h after surgery72 h after surgery

LPO (n = 50)7.42 ± 1.924.25 ± 0.742.98 ± 0.272.54 ± 0.27
APLCP (n = 50)7.32 ± 1.743.12 ± 0.762.34 ± 0.252.05 ± 0.26
0.785<0.001<0.001<0.001

indicates statistical difference when compared with the former time point in the group.