Table 1 Demographics and risk factors for SSI following fracture fixation after trochanteric and subtrochanteric fracture.
SSI | No SSI | Total | P-value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Entire population (%) | 53 (1.9%) | 2700 (98.1%) | 2753 (100%) | – |
Sex | 0.553† | |||
Female, n (%) | 41 (1.5%) | 1991 (72.3%) | 2032 (73.8%) | – |
Male, n (%) | 12 (0.4%) | 709 (25.9%) | 721 (26.2%) | – |
Mean age, years (range, SD) | 77.7 (44–97, 14.2) | 80.2 (18–104, 12.6) | 80.2 (18–104, 12.6) | 0.177* |
Mean duration of surgery, minutes (range, SD) | 74.2 (20–145, 32.3) | 61.7 (13–180, 28.9) | 61.9 (13–180, 29.0) | 0.008* |
Mean length of hospital stay, days (range, SD) | 57.2 (10–103, 24.6) | 14.1 (1–93, 8.3) | 16.0 (1–103, 13.0) | < 0.001* |
Mortality | ||||
After 30 days, n (%) | 1 (1.9%) | 140 (5.2%) | 141 (5.1%) | 0.523‡ |
After 3 months/90 days | 7 (13.2%) | 283 (10.5%) | 290 (10.5%) | 0.522‡ |
After 1 year, n (%) | 17 (32.1%) | 517 (19.1%) | 534 (19.4%) | 0.018† |
