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Table 3 Rate of postoperative complications, requiring treatment, 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 – ≤ 36 h

> 36 h

 

Cases (total = 2916)

n = 802

n = 1191

n = 923

 

Cardiovascular complications

    

   No

778 (97.0)

1149 (96.5)

885 (95.9)

 

   Yes

24 (3.0)

42 (3.5)

38 (4.1)

0.45

Pneumonia

    

   No

787 (98.1)

1156 (97.1)

895 (97.0)

 

   Yes

15 (1.9)

35 (2.9)

28 (3.0)

0.25

Pulmonary embolism/thrombosis

    

   No

799 (99.6)

1185 (99.5)

914 (99.0)

 

   Yes

3 (0.4)

6 (0.5)

9 (1.0)

0.23

Urinary tract infection

    

   No

745 (92.9)

1103 (92.6)

836 (90.6)

 

   Yes

57 (7.1)

88 (7.4)

87 (9.4)

0.13

Bed sores

    

   No

797 (99.4)

1171 (98.3)

908 (98.4)

 

   Yes

5 (0.6)

20 (1.7)

15 (1.6)

0.10

Post-op. bleeding/Hematoma

    

   No

760 (94.8)

1140 (95.7)

894 (96.9)

 

   Yes

42 (5.2)

51 (4.3)

29 (3.1)

0.09

Abcess (epi-/subfascial)

    

   No

783 (97.6)

1166 (97.9)

903 (97.8)

 

   Yes

19 (2.4)

25 (2.1)

20 (2.2)

0.92

Implant complications

    

   No

777 (96.9)

1170 (98.2)

900 (97.5)

 

   Yes

25 (3.1)

21 (1.8)

23 (2.5)

0.14

  1. Implant complications = misalignment, dislocation, breakage of implant, endoprothestic luxation