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. 2023 Sep 1;4(9):659–667. doi: 10.1302/2633-1462.49.BJO-2023-0065.R1

Table IV.

Outcomes.

Variable Total UCS p-value
AG AL B1 B2 B3 C D E
In-hospital mortality, n (%) 59 (5.3) 0 1 (5.3) 18 (5.3) 24 (6.5) 7 (6.7) 8 (5.9) 1 (2.3) 0 0.366*
Total length of stay (days) < 0.001
Mean (SD) 22.3 (54.9) 16.7 (21.3) 20.9 (32.6) 25.3 (93.3) 20 (16.6) 22.1 (34.7) 26.3 (26.3) 20.9 (15.1) 14
Median (IQR) 14 (9 to 23) 11 (6 to 17) 12.5 (7 to 20) 13 (9 to 21) 15 (10 to 24) 16 (10 to 24) 16.5 (10 to 32) 19 (11 to 26) 14
SSI postoperatively, n (%) 0.265*
Superficial 26 (2.7) 0 2 (33.3) 10 (3.2) 12 (3.4) 1 (1) 0 1 (2.3) 0
Deep 26 (2.7) 2 (8) 1 (16.7) 9 (2.9) 8 (2.2) 2 (2) 4 (3) 0 0
Dislocation, n (%) 49 (4.4) 4 (4.3) 1 (5.3) 10 (3) 18 (4.9) 10 (9.5) 2 (1.5) 4 (9.1) 0 0.040*
Readmission within 30 days, n (%) 72 (6.5) 8 (8.5) 0 19 (5.6) 26 (7.1) 6 (5.7) 4 (2.9) 9 (20.5) 0 0.026*
Discharge destination, n (%)
Usual place of residence 683 (65.4) 71 (75.5) 14 (77.8) 220 (69.2) 216 (62.8) 66 (67.4) 75 (58.6) 20 (46.5) 1 (100) 0.010*
Sheltered accommodation 2 (0.2) 0 0 1 (0.3) 1 (0.3) 0 0 0 0
Residential home 59 (5.7) 4 (4.3) 0 11 (3.5) 15 (4.4) 4 (4.1) 17 (13.3) 8 (18.6) 0
Nursing home 102 (9.8) 11 (11.7) 2 (11.1) 25 (7.9) 27 (7.9) 11 (11.2) 18 (14.1) 8 (18.6) 0
Community hospital 173 (16.6) 8 (8.5) 2 (11.1) 51 (16) 73 (21.2) 14 (14.3) 18 (14.1) 7 (16.3) 0
Acute hospital 11 (1.1) 0 0 2 (0.6) 8 (2.3) 1 (1) 0 0 0
Hospice 2 (0.2) 0 0 1 (0.3) 1 (0.3) 0 0 0 0
Other 12 (1.2) 0 0 7 (2.2) 3 (0.9) 2 (2) 0 0 0
Return to theatre, n (%) 22 (2) 3 (3.2) 1 (5.3) 4 (1.2) 9 (2.5) 0 3 (2.2) 2 (4.6) 0 0.174*
*

Chi-squared test.

Kruskal-Wallis test.

IQR, interquartile range; SD, standard deviation; SSI, surgical site infection.