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Table 2 Duration of surgery, exposure to radiation and length of in-hospital stay according to treatment group d – days, min – minutes, sec - seconds

From: Locking nail versus locking plate for proximal humeral fracture fixation in an elderly population: a prospective randomised controlled trial

 

Overall

LBN

PHILOS

P value

Mean duration of surgery ± SD (range), min

54.7 ± 14.8 (30–114)

51.9 ± 10.3 (34–91)

57.8 ± 18.2 (30–114)

0.226

Mean intraoperative image intensifier time ± SD (range), sec

43.8 ± 25.7 (6–116)

43.5 ± 18.7 (12–78)

44.2 ± 32.2 (6–116)

0.273

Mean length of postoperative in-hospital stay ± SD (range), d

7.3 ± 3.4 (3–23)

7.4 ± 3.1 (3–15)

7.3 ± 3.8 (3–23)

0.686