Table 2.

Comparison of patients treated with acute THA + ORIF and those treated by ORIF alone followed by secondary THA due to posttraumatic OA. Values are median (range) unless otherwise specified

	Acute THA + ORIF	ORIF with secondary THA	Mean difference	p-value
Number	34	9
Age	70 (56–87)	65 (58–74)	3	0.1
Follow-up, months	15 (1–82)	72 (15–113)	3	0.0
BMI	23 (15–42)	28 (21–33)	1	0.4
Women, n	10	3		1
Estimated blood loss, L	1.1 (0.4–2.7)	1.1 (0.700–2.0)	60	0.8
Operating time, min	169 (97–310)	143 (100–269)	26	0.2
Oxford Hip Score at 12 months	41 (33–46)	42 (6–48)	2	0.3
Trauma, n				0.4
Falling from the same level	25	6
Fall from high	2	–
Motor vehicle accident	5	1
Biking, n	2	2
Complications, n				0.2
Infection	–	2
Dislocation	1	–
Periprosthetic fracture	1	–

For abbreviations, see Table 1.