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.