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Table 2 Operating room time, length of hospital stay, discharge disposition, and 12-month all-cause readmission and reoperation rates of patients treated with TFNA or other comparable implants

From: Demographic and clinical profile of patients treated with proximal femoral nails – a 10-year analysis of more than 40,000 Cases

Outcomes

All Patients

TFNA only

Other Nails (non-TFNA) only

Operating Room Time (minutes—mean (SD))

111.2 (SD: 93.9)

106.3 (SD: 46.8)

113.8 (SD: 111.5)

Length of stay (days—mean (SD))

5.8 (SD: 4.8)

5.7 (SD: 4.7)

5.9 (SD: 4.9)

Discharge

 Home Health

2,993 (7.3%)

1,122 (8.0%)

1,871 (6.9%)

 Home

2,750 (6.7%)

981 (7.0%)

1,769 (6.5%)

 SNF & Other High-Acuity Settings

35,361 (86.0%)

11,966 (85.1%)

23,395 (86.5%)

12-Month Rate of Reoperation*

4.0% (95%CI: 3.8%-4.2%)

3.8% (95%CI: 3.5%-4.1%)

4.1% (95%CI: 3.9%-4.4%)

12-Month Rate of All-Cause Readmission*

60.1% (95%CI: 59.6%-60.5%)

60.0% (95%CI: 59.2%-60.8%)

60.1% (59.5%-60.7%)

  1. For 12-month outcomes, only patients with complete 12-month data were included: All patients: 37,995; TFNA: 12,410 and Other Nails: 25,585