Table 5 Femoral fracture patients: Reported operative procedure by fracture location at discharge
Fracture location | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Acute-care patients at discharge (n = 3811) | Cervical (n = 1744) | Pertrochanteric (n = 1624) | Subtrochanteric (n = 160) | Distal (n = 24) | Other, incl. peripros-thetic, or unclassified (n = 35) | Combination (n = 224) |
OP yes (%) | 1673 (96.3%) | 1612 (99.4%) | 156 (97.5%) | 23 (95.8%) | 31 (88.6%) | 217 (96.9%) |
OP no (%) | 65 (3.7%) | 10 (0.6%) | 4 (2.5%) | 1 (4.2%) | 4 (11.4%) | 7 (3.1%) |
Missing (n) | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Rehabilitation patients at discharge (n = 8590) | Cervical (n = 3918) | Pertrochanteric (n = 3106) | Subtrochanteric (n = 205) | Distal (n = 211) | Other, incl. peripros-thetic, or unclassified (n = 798) | Combination (n = 452) |
OP yes (%) | 3355 (98.6%) | 2652 (99.7%) | 175 (100%) | 101 (98.1%) | 665 (97.2%) | 374 (90.8%) |
OP no (%) | 46 (1.4%) | 8 (0.3%) | 0 | 2 (1.9%) | 19 (2.8%) | 38 (9.2%) |
Missing (n) | 517 | 446 | 30 | 108 | 114 | 40 |
All femoral fracture patients at discharge | Cervical (n = 5662) | Pertrochanteric (n = 4730) | Subtrochanteric (n = 365) | Distal (n = 235) | Other, incl. peripros-thetic, or unclassified (n = 833) | Combination (n = 676) |
Total number of OPs (acute and rehab) | 5028 (97.8%) | 4264 (99.6%) | 331 (98.8%) | 124 (97.6%) | 696 (96.8%) | 591 (92.9%) |
Procedure (more than one response possible) | % each in reference to total number of known OPs | |||||
Nailing | 237 (4.7%) | 2833 (66.4%) | 251 (75.9%) | 57 (46.0%) | 246 (35.3%) | 227 (38.4%) |
THP | 2046 (40.7%) | 105 (2.5%) | 17 (5.1%) | 11 (8.9%) | 191 (27.4%) | 105 (17.8%) |
Screw or screws | 943 (18.8%) | 1280 (30.0%) | 63 (19.0%) | 19 (15.3%) | 146 (21.0%) | 137 (23.2%) |
Intramedullary rod | 14 (0.3%) | 115 (2.7%) | 8 (2.4%) | 2 (1.6%) | 18 (2.6%) | 9 (1.5%) |
Monopolar femoral head prosthesis | 204 (4.1%) | 12 (0.3%) | 1 (0.3%) | 2 (1.6%) | 12 (1.7%) | 13 (2.2%) |
Bipolar femoral head prosthesis | 2011 (40.0%) | 72 (1.7%) | 8 (2.4%) | 2 (1.6%) | 150 (21.6%) | 111 (18.8%) |
Other (incl. ligament suture) | 82 (1.6%) | 241 (5.7%) | 15 (4.5%) | 9 (7.3%) | 33 (4.7%) | 63 (10.7%) |
K wire | 7 (0.1%) | 10 (0.2%) | 2 (0.6%) | 2 (1.6%) | 7 (1.0%) | 52 (8.8%) |
Plate | 112 (2.2%) | 496 (11.6%) | 53 (16.0%) | 46 (37.1%) | 71 (10.2%) | 70 (11.8%) |