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Demographic and clinical characteristics of patients who underwent open reduction internal fixation of acute ankle fracture as an inpatient or outpatient
Characteristic No. (%) of patients* Inpatient
n = 125Outpatient
n = 71Age, mean SD, yr 42.0 ± 17.5 44.2 ± 16.0 Sex Female 75 (60.0) 31 (43.7) Male 50 (40.0) 40 (56.3) Body mass index, mean ± SD 29.1 ± 6.0 31.1 ± 5.7 Preoperative consultation† 1 (0.8) 6 (8.4) ASA score I 33 (26.4) 21 (29.6) II 56 (44.8) 41 (57.7) III 34 (27.2) 8 (11.3) IV 2 (1.6) 1 (1.4) Variable No. (%) of patients* p value Inpatient Outpatient Treatment < 0.001 Isolated/unimalleolar 41 (32.8) 42 (59.2) Bimalleolar 68 (54.4) 22 (31.0) Trimalleolar 16 (12.8) 7 (9.9) Time to surgery, mean ± SD, d 2.0 ± 3.3 9.6 ± 5.6 < 0.001 Length of stay, mean ± SD, h 54.3 ± 36.3 7.5 ± 1.7 < 0.001 Operative time, mean ± SD, min 59.8 ± 23.6 50.4 ± 27.8 0.01 30-day readmission 4 (3.2) 0 (0.0) 0.3 Reoperation 2 (1.6)) 0 (0.0) 0.5 Return visit to emergency department 10 (8.0) 5 (7.0) 0.4 Pain control 3 (2.4) 3 (4.2) Cast concern 3 (2.4) 1 (1.4) Superficial infection 2 (1.6) 0 (0.0) Medication overdose 1 (0.8) 0 (0.0) Shortness of breath 1 (0.8) 0 (0.0) Wound concern 0 (0.0) 1 (1.4) Cost, mean ± SD, $ 4137 ± 2285 1834 ± 421 < 0.001 SD = standard deviation.
↵* Except where noted otherwise.