Table 1.
Summary statistics on surgery, fluoroscopy, mortality and complication rate. Twelve patients (7.8%) developed serious general complications. Three patients (2%) died during hospitalisation, two because of pulmonary embolism and one as a result of a heart attack. Thirty-eight patients (24.7%) developed surgeryrelated complications during the overall study period (see Table).
| Variable | Measures | |
|---|---|---|
| Time to surgery (h) | Number | % |
| < 24 | 119 | 77.3 |
| 24-48 | 28 | 18.2 |
| > 48 | 7 | 4.5 |
| Closed reduction | 127 | 82.5 |
| Open reduction | 27 | 17.5 |
| Skin-to-skin time | Minutes (mean ± SD) | p |
| Short nail (180 mm) | 50 ± 21 | p < 0.001 |
| Long nail (280-400 mm) | 83 ± 43 | |
| Fluoroscopy | Seconds (mean ± SD) | p |
| Short nail (180 mm) | 51 ± 36 | p < 0.001 |
| Long nail (280-400 mm) | 83 ± 43 | |
| Mortality | Number | % |
| In hospital mortality | 3 | 2.0 |
| 1-year mortality | 17 | 15.4 |
| Overall mortality | 29 | 18.8 |
| Complications | Number | % |
| General | ||
| Fulminant pulmonary embolism | 2 | 1.3 |
| Cardiac complications | 6 | 3.9 |
| Neurological complications (perineal palsy/aphasia) |
4 | 2.6 |
| Falls | 10 | 6.5 |
| Surgical | ||
| Haemoglobin-relevant blood losses | 22 | 14.3 |
| Prolonged wound secretion | 10 | 6.5 |
| Cut-out lag-screw | 4 | 2.6 |
| Non-union | 2 | 1.3 |