Overall | Patients w/ PD | Patients w/o PD | p value | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Number of patients | 88 | 23 | 65 | |
Surgical intervention | ||||
K-wires | 10 (11.4%) | 6 (26.1%) | 4 (6.2%) | < 0.05 |
External Fixation | 14 (15.9%) | 4 (17.4%) | 10 (15.4%) | 0.53 |
Plates | 63 (72.7%) | 13 (56.5%) | 51 (78.5%) | < 0.05 |
Outcome | < 0.05 | |||
Union | 76 (86.4%) | 14 (60.9%) | 62 (95.4%) | |
Treatment failure | 12 (13.6%) | 9 (39.1%) | 3 (4.6%) | |
Associated injuries | 6 (6.8%) | 3 (13%) | 3 (4.6%) | 0.17 |
Reoperation | 1 (1.1%) | 1 (4.3%)* | 0 | 0.91 |
Length of stay (days) | 4.42 ± 2.59 | 5.3 ± 4.69 | 3.78 ± 0.96 | 0.01 |
Readmission (< 30 days) | 4 (4.5%) | 3 (13.0%) | 1 (1.5%) | 0.05 |
Complications | 2 (2.2%) | 1 (4.3%) | 1 (1.5%) | X |
Pneumonia | 1 (1.1%) | 1 (4.3%) | 0 | |
UTI | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Wound | 1 (1.1%) | 0 | 1 (1.5%) | |
Mortality | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Thromboembolism | 0 | 0 | 0 |