Official Journal of the Italian Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology
Table 3 Complication rates among surgically treated ankle fracture patients by admission status after propensity score matching
From: Open treatment of ankle fracture as inpatient increases risk of complication
Inpatient | Outpatient | p value | |
|---|---|---|---|
(N = 2630) | (N = 2630) | ||
Minor complications, N (%) | |||
Superficial wound infection | 34 (1.3) | 18 (0.7) | 0.026 |
Wound disruption | 8 (0.3) | 11 (0.4) | 0.491 |
Pneumonia | 6 (0.2) | 0 (0.0) | 0.014 |
Urinary tract infection | 24 (0.9) | 11 (0.4) | 0.027 |
Any minor complication | 68 (2.6) | 35 (1.3) | 0.001 |
Major complications, N (%) | |||
Deep wound infection | 11 (0.4) | 3 (0.11) | 0.032 |
Organ space infection | 4 (0.2) | 2 (0.1) | 0.414 |
Myocardial infarction | 1 (0.0) | 1 (0.0) | 1.000 |
Pulmonary embolism | 13 (0.5) | 2 (0.1) | 0.004 |
Deep vein thrombosis | 13 (0.5) | 7 (0.3) | 0.179 |
Sepsis | 7 (0.3) | 3 (0.1) | 0.205 |
Septic shock | 1 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0.317 |
Coma | 0 (0.0) | 1 (0.0) | 0.317 |
Death within 30 days | 2 (0.1) | 3 (0.1) | 0.655 |
Any major complication | 45 (1.7) | 20 (0.8) | 0.002 |
Overall complications, N (%) | 104 (4.0) | 52 (2.0) | <0.001 |