From: The process of hip fracture management before and during the COVID-19 pandemic in Iran
Variable | Pre-pandemic period (2019.02.20 to 2020.02.19) N = 199 | pandemic period (2020.02.20 to 2021.11.21) 435 | P-value |  |
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Number of hip fracture admitted per month [median (IQR)] | 18 (5) | 20 (10) | 0.124m | Â |
Duration of staying in the hospital-Day [mean (SD)] | 5.65 (3.55) | 5.01 (3.36) | 0.032i | Â |
Interval between admission to surgery-Day [median (IQR)] | 3 (3) | 2 (3) | < 0.001m |  |
Number of hip fracture surgeries per month [median (IQR)] | 14 (5) | 16 (8) | 0.68m | Â |
Number (%) of Surgical site infection of hip fractures u | 5 (3.2%) | 4 (1.1%) | 0.14f | Â |
Number (%) of re-surgery of hip fractures u | 7 (4.4%) | 11 (3%) | 0.4c | Â |