Table 2.

Patients with DVT and PE after THA

Patient	Gender/ Age (years)	Diagnosis	Type of anesthesia	Approach	Operation time (minutes)	Interval between operation and DVT or PE	Location	Predisposing factors
1	F/71	Osteoarthritis	Spinal	PL	110	38 days	Bilateral DVT, PE	Delayed ambulation owing to pneumonia
2	M/69	Osteoarthritis	Spinal	PL	105	13 days	Bilateral DVT	Delayed ambulation owing to severe osteoarthritis of the knee
3	F/66	Osteoarthritis	Spinal	PL	100	25 days	Bilateral DVT	May-Thurner syndrome
4	F/59	Sequelae of infection	Spinal	Combined	160	16 days	Bilateral DVT	Delayed ambulation owing to tingling sensation associated with limb lengthening
5	F/62	Sequelae of LCP	Spinal	AL	123	10 days	Ipsilateral DVT	Delayed ambulation owing to sciatic and femoral nerve palsy
6	F/51	Sequelae of infection	General	AL	285	47 days	Ipsilateral DVT	Prolonged bed rest attributable to periprosthetic acetabular fracture and sciatic nerve palsy
7	F/69	Osteonecrosis	General	AL	127	22 days	Ipsilateral DVT	Prolonged bed rest attributable to periprosthetic femoral fracture
8	F/57	Osteoarthritis	General	AL	310	18 days	Unilateral DVT	Simultaneous bilateral THAs

PL = posterolateral approach; AL = anterolateral approach; DVT = deep vein thrombosis; PE = pulmonary embolism; LCP = Legg-Calve-Perthes disease; THA = total hip arthroplasty.