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Section Type: RESULTS

Text: Patients who completed the study and began inpatient rehabilitation on postoperative day 3 exhibited shorter mean (+ / - SD) total length of stay (11. 7 + / -2. 3 days vs 14. 5 + / -1. 9, P <. 001), lower mean (+ / - SD) total cost ($ 25891 + / - $ 3648 vs $ 27762 + / - $ 3626, P <. 03), more rapid attainment of short-term functional milestones between days 6 and 10 (36. 2 + / -14. 4 m ambulated vs 21. 4 + / -13. 3 m, P <. 001 ; 4. 8 + / -0. 8 mean transfer functional independence measure score vs 4. 3 + / -0. 7, P <. 01), and equivalent functional outcome at 4-month follow-up.