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Table 2 Fracture type and operative procedure, stratified by time-to-surgery

From: The effect of time-to-surgery on outcome in elderly patients with proximal femoral fractures

Group

I

II

III

p-value

Time from fracture to surgery

≤ 12 h

> 12 h to ≤ 36 h

> 36 h

 

Cases (total = 2916)

n = 802

n = 1191

n = 923

 

Femoral neck fracture

277 (34.5)

584 (49.0)

605 (65.6)

 

Pertrochanteric femoral fracture

525 (65.5)

607 (51.0)

318 (34.4)

< 0.001

TEP A

    

   No

738 (92.0)

1039 (87.2)

789 (85.5)

< 0.001

   Yes

64 (8.0)

152 (12.8)

134 (14.5)

 

HEP B

    

   No

630 (78.6)

830 (69.7)

516 (55.9)

< 0.001

   Yes

172 (21.4)

361 (30.3)

407 (44.1)

 

Osteosynthesis

    

   No

246 (30.7)

538 (45.2)

546 (59.2)

< 0.001

   Yes

556 (69.3)

653 (54.8)

377 (40.8)

 

Length of operation

    

   < 60 min

324 (41.4)

466 (40.0)

356 (39.6)

 

   ≥ 60 to < 120 min

398 (50.9)

624 (53.6)

480 (53.5)

 

   ≥ 120 min

60 (7.7)

74 (6.4)

62 (6.9)

0.68

Anesthesia procedure

    

   General anesthetic

597 (74.9)

840 (71.8)

672 (74.1)

 

   Regional anesthetic

200 (25.1)

330 (28.2)

235 (25.9)

0.26

Intra- and post-op. blood products

    

   none

377 (48.4)

532 (46.1)

444 (50.0)

 

   1–2 units

300 (38.5)

441 (38.2)

312 (35.1)

 

   3–4 units

79 (10.1)

142 (12.3)

99 (11.2)

 

   > 4 units

23 (3.0)

40 (3.4)

33 (3.7)

0.42

  1. A Total endoprostheses; B Hemi endoprostheses