TABLE 3.
Incidence by Procedure Group
| Principal Procedure Only |
Principal or Secondary Procedure |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Procedure Group | No. VTE |
No. Admit |
VTE per 10,000 Admits |
No. VTE |
No. Admit |
VTE per 10,000 Admits |
| Upper, bony | 1 | 10,499 | 0.9 | 1 | 11,402 | 0.9 |
| Upper, soft | 1 | 3,388 | 3.0 | 1 | 4,119 | 2.4 |
| Spine, bony | 31 | 17,167 | 18.1 | 31 | 17,312 | 17.9 |
| Spine, soft | 0 | 2,088 | 0.0 | 2 | 3,204 | 6.2 |
| Hip, bony | 1 | 1,655 | 6.0 | 2 | 2,374 | 8.4 |
| Hip, soft | 2 | 4,356 | 4.6 | 3 | 6,450 | 4.7 |
| Lower, bony | 20 | 39,553 | 5.1 | 27 | 44,786 | 6.0 |
| Lower, soft | 9 | 23,143 | 3.9 | 12 | 27,268 | 4.4 |
| Foot, bony | 2 | 5,297 | 3.8 | 2 | 8,546 | 2.3 |
| Foot, soft tissue | 0 | 3,656 | 0.0 | 3 | 5,408 | 5.5 |
| Other/Unspec, bony | 1 | 9,377 | 1.1 | 27 | 24,517 | 11.0 |
| Other/Unspec, soft | 6 | 23,629 | 2.5 | 15 | 32,276 | 4.6 |
| Non-orthopaedica | 0 | 0 | 52 | 34,973 | 14.9 | |
a
Admissions with non-orthopedic principal procedures were not included, however secondary non-orthopedic procedures were performed during admissions for which the principal procedure was orthopedic.