When does hip fracture surgery delay affects the length of hospital stay?

Purpose: To define factors influencing length of hospital stay (LOS) besides surgery delay.

Methods: We retrospectively analyzed 634 patients operated for hip fractures in 1-year period. Investigated characteristics were age, gender, American Society of Anesthesiologists score (ASA), time to surgery (first 48 h was considered early), type of surgery, anticoagulant therapy and non-routine pre-operative tests.