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 |