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. 2003 Mar 25;4:6. doi: 10.1186/1471-2474-4-6

Table 2.

Complications of primary THR encountered until hospital discharge or requiring re-admission.

Cases %
DVT and/or PE* 10 1.5%
Wound infection 3 0.5%
Wound rupture 2 0.3%
Nerve injury 7 1.1%
Dislocations 33 5.0%
Intraoperative fracture 1 0.2%
Cardiac or cerebrovascular incident 20 3.1%
Urinary tract infections 4 0.6%
Death 1 0.2%
Other 24 3.7%
Total 109 16.6%

* DVT = deep venous thrombosis, PE = pulmonary embolism.