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Official Journal of the Italian Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology

Table 5 Thirty-day follow-up data expressed as mean ± standard deviation and percentage

From: Impact of subtrochanteric fractures in the geriatric population: better pre-fracture condition but poorer outcome than pertrochanteric fractures: evidence from the Spanish Hip Fracture Registry

Thirty-day follow-up

Pertrochanteric

Subtrochanteric

OR (95% CI)/p

Alive at 30-day follow-up

92.1%

91.0%

1.148 (0.960–1.374)/0.130

No weight bearing within 30 days post-operation*

8.9%

22.3%

0.338 (0.256–0.445)/< 0.001

Post-FX mobility (30 days)*

6.66 ± 2.67

7.33 ± 2.71

 < 0.001

Pre-FX versus post-FX mobility (30 days)*

2.88 ± 2.69

3.72 ± 2.98

 < 0.001

Living at own home after 30 days*

48.3%

44.8%

0.864 (0.775–0.962)/0.008

Living in own home pre-fracture but at healthcare facility after 30 days*

38.0%

44.5%

 < 0.001

Bone-protective treatment:

42.5%

42.3%

1.009 (0.905–1.124)/0.887

Anti-resorptive

39.7%

38.7%

1.046 (0.938–1.168)/0.419

Bone forming*

3.6%

4.8%

0.747 (0.578–0.965)/0.025

Hospital re-admission within 30 days post-operation

3.1%

2.5%

1.206 (0.869–1.673)/0.263

Re-operation < 30 days post-operation*

1.7%

1.9%

0.011

Wound surgical revision*

0.5%

1.1%

2.418 (1.413–4.137)/0.001

Hip arthroplasty dislocation

0.2%

0.1%

 

Failed fixation

0.7%

0.4%

 

Peri-implant fracture

0.1%

0.2%

 

Other reasons

0.2%

0.1%

 
  1. Odds ratio (OR) and 95% confidence intervals (95% CI). *p < 0.05