Table 1.
Patient demographics. Values are mean (range) unless otherwise specified
| Primary operative strategy |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Characteristic | Total | THA + ORIF | ORIF only | p-value |
| Number | 59 | 34 | 25 | |
| Age | 70 (56–92) | 71 (56–92) | 69 (58–83) | 0.2 |
| Follow-up, years | 2.6 (0–9) | 1.4 (0–6) | 4.2 (0–9) | 0.01 |
| BMI | 26 (15–42) | 25 (15–42) | 26 (20–36) | 0.2 |
| Women, n | 17 | 10 | 7 | 0.4 |
| Estimated blood loss, L | 1.2 (0.4–2.7) | 1.1 (0.4–2.7) | 1.4 (0.3–3.7) | 0.4 |
| Operating time, min | 190 (97–321) | 169 (97–310) | 218 (120–321) | 0.01 |
| Stem, n | 0.01 | |||
| Cementless | 22 | 13 | 9 | |
| Cemented | 21 | 13 | ||
| Acetabular component, n | 0.01 | |||
| Cemented | 3 | 3 | 0 | |
| Cemented constrained | 34 | 31 | 3 | |
| Cementless | 6 | 0 | 6 | |
| Heart disease, n | 14 | 8 | 6 | 0.6 |
| Neurologic disease, n | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0.3 |
| Alcohol abuse, n | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0.2 |
| Diabetes, n | 13 | 7 | 6 | 0.5 |
| Trauma, n | 0.5 | |||
| Falling from the same level | 45 | 25 | 20 | |
| Fall from high | 3 | 2 | 1 | |
| Motor vehicle accident | 6 | 5 | 1 | |
| Biking | 5 | 2 | 3 | |
| Complications, n | 0.01 | |||
| Secondary OA leading to THA | – | 9 | ||
| Dislocation | 1 | – | ||
| Periprosthetic fracture | 1 | – | ||
| Infection | 0 | 1 | ||
| CCI, median | 5 | 5 | 4 | 0.1 |
THA: total hip arthroplasty; ORIF: open reduction and internal fixation;
BMI: body mass index; OA: osteoarthritis; CCI: Charlson Comorbidity Index