Improved patient reported outcomes with functional articulating spacers in two-stage revision of the infected hip

Table 1 General patient characteristics

	Functional articulating spacer group	Prefabricated spacer group	P value
Number of patients	15	55
Age (range)	66 (58-76)	68 (33-88)	NS
Gender female	8	25	NS
BMI (range)	27 (20-35)	27 (19-41)	NS
BMI > 30	3	13	NS
Diabetes	4	8	NS
ASA 1/2/3	1/11/3	3/30/22	NS
Post-traumatic (fracture)	6	9	< 0.05
Months follow-up (range)	24 (15-85)	51 (13-129)	< 0.005

NS: Not significant; BMI: Body mass index; ASA: American Society of Anesthesiologists score.