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Table 4 Hospitalization Data of 100 patients undergoing Elective Foot and Ankle Surgery

From: Opioid prescribing practices prior to elective foot and ankle surgery: a population-based evaluation using health administrative data from a tertiary hospital in Canada

 

Preoperative Classification

P-value

Opioid Naive

(n = 55)

Intermittent Opioid Users

(n = 26)

Long-term Opioid Users

(n = 19)

Surgical Procedure, n (%)

 Ankle Fusion

41 (74.6)

19 (73.1)

16 (84.3)

0.11

 Total Ankle Replacement

13 (23.6)

7 (26.9)

1 (5.2)

 Hindfoot Reconstruction

1 (1.8)

0 (0)

2 (10.5)

Mean In hospital Opioid Consumption in MED (SD)

28.5 (36.1)

49.6 (69.0)

99.7 (120.5)

 < 0.001

Mean length of stay in days (SD)

2.7 (1.4)

2.5 (1.1)

3.9 (2.8)

0.01

Discharge Location, n (%)

 Home

54 (98.2)

25 (96.2)

16 (84.2)

0.048

 Rehabilitation Hospital

1 (1.8)

1 (3.8)

3 (15.8)

Readmission to hospital, n (%)

2 (3.6)

0 (0.0)

4 (21.1)

0.02

Postoperative complications, n (%)

14 (26)

5(19)

24 (24%)

0.80