Local Anaesthetic Infiltration and Indwelling Postoperative Wound Catheters for Patients with Hip Fracture Reduce Death Rates and Length of Stay

Table 2

Patient outcomes for the control group and the enhanced recovery cohort.

	Control group	Enhanced recovery cohort
	100	434
Length of stay, mean (range)
Orthopaedic ward	15 (3–114) days	10 (3–44) days
Rehabilitation	15 (1–64) days	15 (1–114) days
Sum duration for a 100-patient group	1680 days	1470 days
Discharge destination
30-day mortality	15 (15%)	24 (5.5%)
Own home	52 (52%)	162 (37.3%)
Rehabilitation	12 (12%)	138 (31.8%)
Care home	21 (21%)	110 (25.3%)