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Official Journal of the Italian Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology

Table 2 Surgical timing, ability to walk before 10 days, and mortality at 6 months and 1 year

From: No rest for elderly femur fracture patients: early surgery and early ambulation decrease mortality

Mean time between admission and surgery

48.4 h (IQR 13–78 h)

Patients treated within 48 h from admission

53.0%

Patients able to walk before 10 days

77.3%

Mean duration of hospitalization

13 days (IQR 6–20 days)

Mortality at 6 months

17.0%

Mortality at 1 year

24.7%