High efficiency pathway for lower limb orthopedic surgery: A matched historic cohort study

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World Journal of Orthopedics

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World J Orthop. Oct 18, 2025; 16(10): 109196
Published online Oct 18, 2025. doi: 10.5312/wjo.v16.i10.109196

Table 2 Distribution of surgical procedures before and after matching, n (%)

	Pre-match		Post-match
	Traditional (n = 553)	High efficiency (n = 838)	Traditional (n = 429)	High efficiency (n = 429)
Below ankle	318 (57.5)	718 (85.6)	314 (73.2)	314 (73.2)
Soft tissue excision	14 (2.5)	48 (5.7)	14	20
Toe or foot hardware removal	26 (4.7)	69 (8.2)	26	30
Toe or foot arthrodesis	147 (26.6)	256 (30.5)	145	108
Toe open reduction	17 (3.1)	39 (4.7)	17	21
Toe or foot osteotomy	81 (14.6)	288 (34.4)	81	127
Foot tendon repair	33 (6.0)	18 (2.1)	31	8
At or above ankle	235 (42.5)	120 (14.3)	115 (26.8)	115 (26.8)
Ankle arthroscopy	20 (3.6)	6 (0.8)	8	6
Ankle or tibial hardware removal	46 (8.3)	100 (11.9)	23	95
Ankle arthrodesis	25 (4.5)	0 (0)	10	0
Ankle ligament repair	8 (1.4)	1 (0.1)	4	1
Ankle or tibial osteotomy	25 (4.5)	2 (0.2)	11	2
Ankle open reduction	111 (20.0)	11 (1.3)	59	11

Citation: Lin C, Nagdev T, Zhu DA, Nair GS, Cheng S, Kumar K. High efficiency pathway for lower limb orthopedic surgery: A matched historic cohort study. World J Orthop 2025; 16(10): 109196
URL: https://www.wjgnet.com/2218-5836/full/v16/i10/109196.htm
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.5312/wjo.v16.i10.109196

Lin C, Nagdev T, Zhu DA, Nair GS, Cheng S, Kumar K. High efficiency pathway for lower limb orthopedic surgery: A matched historic cohort study. World J Orthop 2025; 16(10): 109196 [PMID: 41181036 DOI: 10.5312/wjo.v16.i10.109196]

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