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. 2015 Jan 5;128(1):75–78. doi: 10.4103/0366-6999.147817

Table 5.

Comparison of ΔHb between patients receiving TKA and those receiving THA (g/L, mean ± SD)

Items Preoperative Surgery day Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 Day 5 Day 6 Day 7 Week 3 Week 6 Month 3 Month 6
TKA (n=53) 0 −14.3±6.4 −23.6±7.2 −30.2±7.0 −35.3±7.2 −38.5±7.5 −38.4±8.0 −36.5±8.6 −34.1±8.5 −16.8±5.5 −7.2±5.9 −2.5±4.9 −0.7±5.5
THA (n=54) 0 −18.0±6.0 −26.9±5.3 −32.9±5.6 −36.9±6.2 −40.7±6.7 −39.7±8.0 −37.6±8.4 −35.4±8.2 −18.4±6.7 −9.5±5.4 −3.9±3.9 −0.9±4.3

P NA 0.003 0.009 0.027 0.204 0.019 0.42 0.49 0.439 0.169 0.041 0.117 0.812

TKA: Total knee arthroplasty; THA: Total hip arthroplasty; SD: Standard deviation.