Table 2.

Comparison of patients seen at one week versus those not seen at one week

	Follow-up schedule
	Delayed first visit	Early first visit	p-value
Mean visits after surgery, n (sd)	1.9 (0.9)	3.0 (0.6)	< 0.005*
Mean radiographs obtained, n (sd)	1.7 (0.9)	2.6 (0.8)	< 0.005*
Mean time from OR to pin pull, n (sd) (days)	24.1 (6.4)	26.4 (5.5)	0.006*
Mean time from OR to final follow-up, n (sd) (days)	60.7 (51.1)	69.2 (35.3)	0.109*
Unscheduled clinic/emergency department visits, n (%)	2 (4.0)	24 (2.9)	0.656†
Complications noted postoperatively (after one-week visit), n (%)	0 (0.0)	13 (1.6)	> 0.999†

^*independent samples t-test

^†Fisher’s Exact test