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Table 2 Surgical characteristics and post-operative complications

From: Early experience with percutaneous photodynamic nails for sacral metastatic disease and insufficiency fractures: a retrospective cohort analysis of functionality and pain relief

Ā 

Total (N = 14)

Simple (N = 7)

Complex (N = 7)

p-value

PDN (n)

Ā Ā Ā 

0.58

ā€ƒ1

9 (64%)

4 (57%)

5 (71%)

Ā 

ā€ƒ2

5 (36%)

3 (43%)

2 (29%)

Ā 

Operative time (min)+

201 (124, 315)

124 (98, 187)

315 (215, 425)

0.009

EBL (mL)+

225 (50, 500)

50 (50, 150)

500 (300, 650)

0.052

Intraoperative ablation

2 (15%)

1 (14%)

1 (17%)

0.91

LOS (days)+

2.5 (1, 7)

1 (1, 6)

4 (2, 8)

0.14

ICU admission

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

Ā 

Complications

Ā Ā Ā Ā 

ā€ƒPDN failure

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

-

ā€ƒVTE

1 (7%)

1 (14%)

0 (0%)

0.30

ā€ƒReoperation

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

-

ā€ƒReadmission

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

-

  1. EBL: estimated blood loss; ICU: intensive care unit; LOS: length of stay; PDN: photodynamic nail; VTE: venous thromboembolism
  2. + Values in these rows refer to the median and interquartile ranges between parentheses