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Official Journal of the Italian Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology

Table 2 Group 2—Comparison of actual and simulated surgical activity

From: Cost analysis of a system of ad hoc theatre sessions for the management of delayed trauma cases

Pts

Age

Planned operation

Admission date

Actual lists date

Days to surgery

Simulated lists

Notional saved days

1

40

Plating tibial plateau

29-March

03-April (T)

5

(31 March)

3

2

49

Evac. calf hematoma

30-March

04-April (T)

5

 

4

3

49

External fixation tibia

30-March

04-April (T)

5

 

4

4

22

Plating tibial plateau

12-April

15-April (T)

3

(13 April)

2

5

73

Rem. metalwork (Ankle)

18-April

21-April (E)

3

(19 April)

2

6

79

Sliding hip screw

21-April

24-April (T)

3

(23 April)

1

7

84

Sliding hip screw

23-April

26-April (E)

3

 

3

8

83

Manipulation of shoulder

24-April

27-April (T)

3

(26 April)

1

9

95

Sliding hip screw

25-April

28-April (E)

3

 

2

10

22

Wiring thumb M. carpal

29-April

02-May (T)

3

(30 April)

2

11

23

Plating radial head

01-May

04-May (T)

3

(2 May)

2

12

20

Plating bimalleolar #

03-May

06-May (T)

3

(4 May)

2

13

94

Sliding hip screw

03-May

06-May (T)

3

 

2

14

42

Plating distal radius

03-May

07-May (E)

4

 

3

15

83

Hemiarthroplasty hip

05-May

08-May (T)

3

(6 May)

2

16

16

Nailing of tibia

05-May

09-May (T)

4

 

3

17

68

Plating tibial plateau

07-May

12-May (T)

5

(8 May)

4

18

89

Manipulation tibia

09-May

13-May (T)

4

(10 May)

3

19

57

I and D thigh abscess

09-May

13-May (E)

4

 

3

20

87

Manipulation distal radius

10-May

13-May (E)

3

(11 May)

2

21

37

Removal external fixator

11-May

15-May (T)

4

 

4

22

48

Plating shaft of tibia

19-May

23-May (T)

4

(20 May)

3

23

64

Periprosthetic no. (revision)

29-May

05-June (T)

7

(1 June)

4

24

30

Plating radius-ulna shafts

30-May

03-June (T)

4

(31 May)

3

25

59

Plating proximal humerus

04-June

09-June (T)

5

(5 June)

4

26

12

Manipulation radial head

05-June

09-June (El)

4

 

4

27

66

Plating bimalleolar fract.

06-June

09-June (E)

3

(8 June)

1

28

22

Removal foreign body

08-June

12-June (T)

4

 

4

29

82

Hemiarthroplasty hip

16-June

19-June (T)

3

(18 June)

1

30

64

Plating bimalleolar fract.

18-June

22-June (T)

4

 

4

31

91

Nailing distal femur

21-June

24-June (T)

3

(22 June)

2

32

82

Plating bimalleolar fract.

21-June

24-June (E)

3

 

2

  1. Patients 1, 7, and 23 had originally been allocated to a regular trauma list within 48 h
  2. T trauma list, E emergency list, El elective list