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Table 3 Reasons for surgical delay in patients treated definitively more than 36 h after injury. Sixty-six patients had definitive surgery for 79 fractures on a delayed basis. EAC resuscitation criteria were met in all cases within 36 h

From: Complications are reduced with a protocol to standardize timing of fixation based on response to resuscitation

Reason for delay

Number of patients (%)

Surgeon choice

47 (71 %)

Intensivist choice

6 (9.1 %)

Medically unstable

5 (7.6 %)

Operating room unavailable

4 (6.1 %)

Severe head injury

2 (3.0 %)

Patient choice

2 (3.0 %)

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Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research

ISSN: 1749-799X