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. 2023 Feb 20;23:40. doi: 10.1186/s12893-023-01927-6

Table 2.

Surgery-related variables and clinical outcomes

Variables Liebergall classification p value F/χ2
Type A
n (%)
Type B
n (%)
Type C
n (%)
Injury to femoral surgery time, days (range) 5.3 (2–8) 7.8 (3–11) 6.4 (1–10) 0.253 1.366
Hospital stay, days 15.9 16.4 17.1 0.419 0.639
Closed reduction of femoral fracture (%) 4 (26.65%) 2 (40%) 2 (25%) 0.82 0.397
Definitive femoral fixation 0.18 3.457
 Nail (%) 12 (80%) 3 (60%) 8 (100%)
 Locking plate (%) 3 (20%) 2 (40%) 0 (0%)
Definitive acetabular fixation 0.86 0.747
 Anterior approach (%) 2 (40%) 3 (37.5%)
 Posterior approach (%) 1 (20%) 1 (12.5%)
 Combined approaches (%) 2 (40%) 3 (37.5%)
 Total hip arthroplasty (%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%)
 Non-surgical treatment (%) 0 (0%) 1 (12.5%)
Definitive pelvic ring fixation 0.624 4.387
 Anterior ring only 0 (0%) 0 (0%)
  Symphyseal plate (%) 7 (46.7%) 2 (25%)
  INFIX (%) 3 (20%) 3 (37.5%)
  External fixator 1 (6.66%) 0 (0%)
 Posterior ring only
  Sacroiliac screw (%) 1 (6.66%) 0 (0%)
 Anterior and posterior rings
  INFIX + sacroiliac screw (%) 2 (13.3%) 1 (12.5%)
  External fixator + sacroiliac screw (%) 0 (0%) 1 (12.5%)
  Symphyseal plate + sacroiliac screw (%) 1 (6.66%) 1 (12.5%)
Quality of reduction
 Pelvic ring [15] 0.579 1.969
  Excellent (%) 11 (73.3%) 5 (62.5%)
  Good (%) 2 (13.3%) 1 (12.5%)
  Fair (%) 1 (6.7%) 0 (0%)
  Poor (%) 1 (6.7%) 2 (25%)
 Acetabulum [9] 0.940 0.124
  Anatomical (%) 3 (60%) 4 (50%)
  Imperfect (%) 1 (20%) 2 (25%)
  Poor (%) 1 (20%) 2 (25%)
Assessment of hip function [16] 0.513 2.297
 Excellent (%) 2 (40%) 3 (37.5%)
 Good (%) 1 (20%) 2 (25%)
 Fair (%) 0 (0%) 2 (25%)
 Poor (%) 2 (40%) 1 (12.5%)
Total 15(53.6%) 5(17.8%) 8(28.6%)

Categorical variables were analyzed by Pearson’s Chi square test. Regression analysis was used for continuous variables