Table 2.
Type and frequency of complications by procedure for both races
| Race | Gender | Hip | Knee | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Primary | Revision | Primary | Revision | ||||||
| Frequency | Complication | Frequency | Complication | Frequency | Complication | Frequency | Complication | ||
| Black | Male | 0 | None | 0 | None | 1 | Patellar fracture | 0 | None |
| Female | 0 | None | 1 | Deep infection | 1 | Superficial infection | 0 | None | |
| White | Male | 1 | Dislocation | 2 | Dislocation (1) | 0 | None | 0 | None |
| Superficial infection (1) | |||||||||
| Female | 3 | Superficial infection (2) | 3 | Stroke (1) | 5 | Deep infection (3) | 4 | Deep infection (1) | |
| Dislocation (1) | Pulmonary embolism (1) | Dislocation (1) | |||||||
| Deep vein thrombosis (1) | Deep infection (1) | Periprosthetic fracture (1) | |||||||
| Patellar fracture (1) | Superficial infection (1) | ||||||||