Table 2.
Procedure related complications (ICD-9 996–999) | ||||||||
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1990–1994 | 1995–1999 | 2000–2004 | 1990–2004 | |||||
Complications | N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % |
Complications affecting specific body systems (ICD-9 997) | ||||||||
Central nervous systema | 140 | 0.02 | 1,752 | 0.24 | 2,025 | 0.21 | 3,917 | 0.17 |
Cardiaca | 5,108 | 0.85 | 7,276 | 0.99 | 9,036 | 0.95 | 21,420 | 0.94 |
Peripheral vasculara | 1,991 | 0.33 | 339 | 0.05 | 1,354 | 0.14 | 3,684 | 0.16 |
Respiratorya | 8,652 | 1.43 | 8,807 | 1.20 | 9,274 | 0.97 | 26,733 | 1.17 |
Gastrointestinala | 7,107 | 1.18 | 7,521 | 1.03 | 7,157 | 0.75 | 21,785 | 0.95 |
Genitourinarya | 9,612 | 1.59 | 6,345 | 0.87 | 8,877 | 0.93 | 24,834 | 1.09 |
Other (organ specific)a | 584 | 0.10 | 2,804 | 0.38 | 1,177 | 0.12 | 4,565 | 0.20 |
Other complications of procedure (ICD-9 998) | ||||||||
Postoperative shock a | 449 | 0.07 | 49 | 0.01 | 524 | 0.06 | 1022 | 0.05 |
Hematoma/seromaa | 8,304 | 1.38 | 12,494 | 1.71 | 13,700 | 1.44 | 34,498 | 1.51 |
Accidental puncture/lacerationa | 156 | 0.03 | 549 | 0.08 | 551 | 0.06 | 1,256 | 0.06 |
Disruption operative wounda | 192 | 0.03 | 0 | 0.00 | 684 | 0.07 | 876 | 0.04 |
Postoperative infectiona | 4,160 | 0.69 | 4,739 | 0.65 | 1,884 | 0.20 | 10,783 | 0.47 |
Other complications of procedurea | 20,598 | 3.41 | 16,113 | 2.20 | 16,242 | 1.70 | 52,953 | 2.31 |
Complications of medical care (ICD-9 999) | ||||||||
Complications of medical carea | 2,694 | 0.45 | 702 | 0.10 | 1,604 | 0.17 | 5,000 | 0.22 |
Prevalence of selected adverse diagnosis in patients undergoing total hip arthroplasty | ||||||||
Diagnosis | N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % |
Acute posthemorrhagic anemiab | 127,813 | 21.18 | 194,150 | 26.53 | 170,291 | 17.87 | 492,254 | 21.51 |
Psychosisb | 7,032 | 1.17 | 5,937 | 0.81 | 12,844 | 1.35 | 25,813 | 1.13 |
Thrombotic eventsb | 3,588 | 0.60 | 1,941 | 0.27 | 3,082 | 0.32 | 8,611 | 0.38 |
Pulmonary insufficiency after trauma and surgery/ARDSb | 175 | 0.03 | 737 | 0.10 | 1,905 | 0.20 | 2,817 | 0.12 |
Pulmonary embolismb | 2,787 | 0.46 | 2,193 | 0.30 | 2,481 | 0.26 | 7,461 | 0.33 |
Patients with any procedure related complicationa | 91,953 | 15.24 | 85,661 | 11.70 | 89,089 | 9.35 | 266,703 | 11.654 |
a Significant difference between all periods of interest (POI)
b Significant difference between all time periods