Table 4: Implant failure characteristics.
| Age/ Sex |
Type of Plate |
Type of Failure |
Time to Failure (in months) |
Revision |
| 60 M |
A |
Screw cut out |
2 |
THR |
| 60 F |
A |
Plate breakage |
2 |
THR |
| 54 F |
B |
Screw breakage |
6 |
Re-fixation with PF-LCP |
| 82 F |
B |
Plate breakage |
14 |
Data not available |
| 75 F |
A |
Screw breakage |
4 |
DHS |
| 60 M |
B |
Screw cut out |
2 |
Data not available |
| 54 F |
A |
Screw cut out |
2 |
Data not available |
| 48 M |
A |
Plate breakage |
12 |
DHS |
| 46 M |
A |
Plate breakage |
10 |
Data not available |
| 73 F |
B |
Plate breakage |
8 |
DHS |
| 80 F |
A |
Screw breakage |
4 |
Re-fixation with PF-LCP |
| 65 F |
B |
Plate breakage |
9 |
IM Nail |
| 78 F |
B |
Plate breakage |
9 |
DCS |
THR= Total Hip Replacement; DHS= Dynamic Hip Screw; IM= Intra-medullary; DCS= Dynamic Compression Plate