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. 2014 May 23;348:g3284. doi: 10.1136/bmj.g3284

Table 5.

 Proportion of arthoplasty recipients with specific complications. Figures are numbers (percentage) of patients

Surgeon volume/year P value*
≤35 procedures >35 procedures
Venous thromboembolism within 90 days 113 (1.7) 95 (1.4) 0.21
Death within 90 days 44 (0.7) 30 (0.5) 0.10
Revision within 2 years 98 (1.5) 69 (1.0) 0.03
Dislocation within 2 years 126 (1.9) 86 (1.3) 0.006
Infection within 2 years 70 (1.0) 72 (1.1) 0.87
Periprosthetic fracture within 2 years 21 (0.3) 20 (0.3) 0.88

*McNemar’s test.