Official Journal of the Italian Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology
Table 2 Intraoperative variables and hospital length of stay
Short nail | Long nail | P value | |
|---|---|---|---|
Age, mean (SD) | 82.0 (8.1) | 79.0 (9.1) | 0.0002 |
EBL (mL), mean (SD) | 96.7 (67.2) | 135.2 (139.7) | 0.0003 |
RBC (units) | 0.8166 | ||
1–2 | 37 (37.0 %) | 68 (37.2 %) | |
3–5 | 4 (4.0 %) | 10 (5.5 %) | |
>5 | 1 (1.0 %) | 5 (2.7 %) | |
Patients transfused | 75 (41.2 %) | 151 (50.0 %) | 0.0738 |
Operative time (min), mean (SD) | 47.1 (18.4) | 65.6 (32.5) | <0.0001 |
Length of stay (days), mean (SD) | 7.0 (4.5) | 7.3 (4.1) | 0.4737 |