Table 1: Summary statistics on surgery, fluoroscopy, mortality and complication rate. Twelve patients (7.8%) developed serious general complications. Three patients (2%) died during hospitalisation, two because of pulmonary embolism and one as a result of a heart attack. Thirty-eight patients (24.7%) developed surgeryrelated complications during the overall study period (see Table).

Variable Measures
Time to surgery (h) Number %
< 24 119 77.3
24-48 28 18.2
> 48 7 4.5
Closed reduction 127 82.5
Open reduction 27 17.5
Skin-to-skin time Minutes (mean ± SD) p
Short nail (180 mm) 50 ± 21 p < 0.001
Long nail (280-400 mm) 83 ± 43
Fluoroscopy Seconds (mean ± SD) p
Short nail (180 mm) 51 ± 36 p < 0.001
Long nail (280-400 mm) 83 ± 43
Mortality Number %
In hospital mortality 3 2.0
1-year mortality 17 15.4
Overall mortality 29 18.8
Complications Number %
General
Fulminant pulmonary embolism 2 1.3
Cardiac complications 6 3.9
Neurological complications
(perineal palsy/aphasia)
4 2.6
Falls 10 6.5
Surgical
Haemoglobin-relevant blood losses 22 14.3
Prolonged wound secretion 10 6.5
Cut-out lag-screw 4 2.6
Non-union 2 1.3