Table 3 Secondary outcome measures of 46,450 patients treated for pelvic and/or acetabular fractures
Outcome Measure | Nonoperative Group | Operative Group | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Controla (N = 34,374) | Morbidly Obese (N = 750) | p Value | Control (N = 10,745) | Morbidly Obese (N = 581) | p Value | |||||
% | Mean (CI) | % | Mean (CI) | % | Mean (CI) | % | Mean (CI) | |||
Length of hospital stay, days | ||||||||||
Pelvic only | 5.3 (5.2–5.4) | 7.5 (6.5–8.6) | < 0.001 | 11 (10–11) | 13 (10–16) | 0.055 | ||||
Acetabular only | 5.8 (5.7–6.0) | 8.0 (7.2–8.9) | 9.3 (9.1–9.4) | 12 (11–13) | < 0.001 | |||||
Pelvic and acetabular | 6.4 (6.2–6.6) | 10 (8.3–12) | 11 (11–12) | 15 (13–17) | ||||||
Discharge disposition | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | ||||||||
Home | ||||||||||
Pelvic only | 47 | 36 | 62 | 40 | ||||||
Acetabular only | 59 | 50 | 68 | 45 | ||||||
Pelvic and acetabular | 46 | 27 | 54 | 36 | ||||||
Skilled nursing/rehabilitation | ||||||||||
Pelvic only | 46 | 61 | 36 | 58 | ||||||
Acetabular only | 30 | 44 | 30 | 53 | ||||||
Pelvic and acetabular | 46 | 70 | 45 | 64 | ||||||
Other/unknown | ||||||||||
Pelvic only | 6.9 | 3.6 | 1.7 | 2.3 | ||||||
Acetabular only | 11 | 6.8 | 1.5 | 1.7 | ||||||
Pelvic and acetabular | 7.9 | 2.5 | 1.6 | 0 | ||||||