Table 4 Comparison of patients without, with all and mechanical complications.

From: Lower cortical thickness index does not correlate with increased surgical complications in proximal femoral fractures: a clinical and radiological study

Variable*

Without complication

With complication

With M complication

P-value

Number

210

18

10

 

Gender, male/female, n (%)

50 (24)/160 (76)

7 (39)/11 (61)

3 (30)/7 (70)

0.199

BMI

22.6 ± 3.9

23.6 ± 5.7

23.1 ± 4.1

0.867

Age, years

82.4 ± 10

82.4 ± 8.7

84.3 ± 4.9

0.821

Time to operation, days

2.2 ± 5.3

6.2 ± 21.9

1.1 ± 1.4

0.764

Fracture pattern, n (%)

 Femoral neck fracture

121 (58)

8 (44)

2 (20)

 

 Trochanteric fracture

89 (42)

10 (56)

8 (80)

0.043

Implant fixation in FNFx, n (%)

 Cemented

64 (53)

3 (38)

1 (50)

 

 Uncemented

57 (47)

5 (62)

1 (50)

0.738

ASA mean

2.8 ± 0.6

2.8 ± 0.5

2.9 ± 0.5

0.937

ASA, n (%)

 1

1 (1)

   

 2

49 (23)

4 (22)

2 (20)

 

 3

144 (68)

1 (72)

7 (70)

 

 4

16 (8)

1 (6)

1 (10)

 

Hemoglobin level (g/l)

 Preoperative

122.8 ± 17.8

118.3 ± 14

121 ± 14.6

0.566

 Postoperative

100.3 ± 16.2

91.5 ± 15.9

97.1 ± 17.2

0.082

Preoperative cognitive impairment, n (%)

92 (44)

10 (56)

6 (60)

0.405

Patients needing postoperative blood transfusion, n (%)

39 (19)

5 (28)

2 (20)

0.574

Time to radiological follow-up (days)(median)

79 (43) ± 102

131 (104) ± 130

208 (175) ± 16

 
  1. M mechanical, BMI body mass index, FNFx femoral neck fracture, ap antero-posterior, CTI cortical thickness index, ASA American Society for Anesthesiology.
  2. *If not stated different, data are presented as mean ± standard deviation.
  3. Due to dementia, in three cases, the exact date of trauma was not clear.