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The effect of surgical delay in fracture neck of femur surgery
| Observed mortality and morbidity rates at 24 and 48-h cutoffs | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Delay of surgery | Delay of surgery | |||||
| ≤24 h | >24 h | P value | ≤48 h | >48 h | P value | |
| Mortality | 8.20 % | 18.82 % | 0.071 | 10.62 % | 27.3 % | 0.021 |
| Morbidity | 45.90 % | 62.35 % | 0.048 | 46.90 % | 84.8 % | 0.00011 |
Bold values indicate statistical significance (P < 0.05)
