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. 2020 Sep 18;1(8):568–575. doi: 10.1302/2633-1462.19.BJO-2020-0121.R1

Table V.

Comparison of length of stay between 2019 and 2020.

Injured anatomical region Median length of stay, days (IQR) p-value
2019 2020
Foot 8 (0.5 to 44.5) 0 (0 to 3.25) 0.012
Ankle 2 (0.25 to 7.5) 2 (1 to 7.75) 0.497
Leg 5 (1 to 16) 6.5 (1 to 25.75) 0.418
Knee 4 (1 to 18) 1.5 (0 to 7.25) 0.042
Upper leg 8 (1 to 13) 3 (1.25 to 40) 0.968
Fragility factures 26 (11.5 to 40) 12 (7 to 20) < 0.001
Fragility fractures# 26 (11.5 to 40) 13 (7 to 26) < 0.001
Spine 8 (4.75 to 25.25) 24 (6 to 46) 0.569
Shoulder 3 (1 to 5.5) 0 (0 to 1) 0.004
Elbow 1.5 (1 to 3.25) 1 (0 to 1.5) 0.067
Forearm 1 (0 to 9) 0 (0 to 0.75) 0.009
Hand and wrist 0 (0 to 2) 0 (0 to 0) 0.006
Polytrauma 6 (1 to 28) 32 (8 to 41) 0.470
*

Mann-Whitney U test.

2020 cohort excluding patients not discharged as of 12 June 2020.

2020 cohort including patients not discharged as of 12 June 2020. For this data set we consider 12 June 2020 as the date of discharge.