Effect of early surgery in high surgical risk geriatric patients with femoral neck fracture and taking antiplatelet agents

Table 3 Postoperative mortality and morbidity

Postoperative outcome	ES group(n = 49)	DS group(n = 45)	P value
Mortality	0 (0)	2 (4)	0.23
Postoperative complications
Overall	12	28	0.02
Pneumonia	2	5
Urinary tract infection	7	11
Pressure sore	0	2
Cardiac	0	3
Thromboembolic complication	2	2
Delirium	1	5
ICU requirement	19 (39)	14 (31)	0.39
LOS1, d	7 ± 3	14 ± 9	< 0.0001
PLOS1	6.1 ± 3.4	7.4 ± 7.8	0.28
Readmission	1 (2)	6 (13)	0.052
One-year ambulation status	n = 49	n = 43
Walk independently	18 (37)	7 (16)	0.03
Walk with gait aid	30 (61)	33 (77)
Wheelchair	0 (0)	3 (7)

¹Value presented as mean ± SD; value presented as no. of patients (percentage). Value presented as no. of incidence. ICU: Intensive care unit; LOS: Length of hospital stay; PLOS: Postoperative length of hospital stay.