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. 2013 Nov 23;38(3):595–599. doi: 10.1007/s00264-013-2176-y

Table 2.

Overview of patient demographics, operation time, fracture displacement and complication rates in the literature and in our series

Parker and Stedtfeld [14] Körver et al. [15] Our series
No. patients 83 16 135
Mean patient age 75 years 79 years 71 years
M/F ratio 30/53 4/12 59/76
Mean operation time (min) 45 (20–110) 53 (39–73) 60 (33–151)
Mean hospital stay (days) 11.4 12.0
Displaced fractures (Garden 3 + 4) 55 % 42 % 34 %
Total surgical complication rate 12.5 % 16.4 %
Haematoma 0 % 0 % 4.4 %
Infection 2.4 % 0 % 0 %
Hip perforation (cutout, cut through) 1.2 % 12.5 % 9.6 %
Nonunion 9.6 % 0 % 2.2 %