Table 2.
Incidence of selected outcomes within 30-days of surgery*
| TKA | THA | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| White Men (N=21900) | White Women (N=35530) | Black Men (N=1190) | Black Women (N=3455) | P-value | White Men (N=16167) | White Women (N=20330) | Black Men (N=1318) | Black Women (N=1519) | P-value | |
| Mortality, (%) | 38 (0.2) | 41 (0.1) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (0.0) | .044 | 31 (0.2) | 31 (0.2) | 3 (0.2) | 0 (0.0) | .294 |
| Pulmonary embolism, (%) | 120 (0.5) | 225 (0.6) | 15 (1.3) | 38 (1.1) | <.001 | 32 (0.2) | 47 (0.2) | 5 (0.4) | 6 (0.4) | .281 |
| Wound infection, (%) | 147 (0.7) | 233 (0.7) | 12 (1) | 15 (0.4) | .175 | 139 (0.9) | 175 (0.9) | 16 (1.2) | 18 (1.2) | .382 |
| Sepsis, number, (%) | 80 (0.4) | 75 (0.2) | 7 (0.6) | 13 (0.4) | .001 | 66 (0.4) | 64 (0.3) | 4 (0.3) | 12 (0.8) | .0211 |
| Bleeding requiring transfusion, (%) | 2674 (12.2) | 5292 (14.9) | 139 (11.7) | 567 (16.4) | <.001 | 1850 (11.4) | 4126 (20.3) | 171 (13) | 383 (25.2) | <.001 |
| Myocardial Infarction, (%) | 99 (0.5) | 86 (0.2) | 1 (0.1) | 12 (0.3) | <.001 | 58 (0.4) | 51 (0.3) | 4 (0.3) | 4 (0.3) | .308 |
| Pneumonia, number, (%) | 91 (0.4) | 102 (0.3) | 3 (0.3) | 14 (0.4) | .061 | 61 (0.4) | 62 (0.3) | 8 (0.6) | 6 (0.4) | .248 |
| Renal failure, number, (%) | 24 (0.1) | 20 (0.1) | 1 (0.1) | 3 (0.1) | .169 | 14 (0.1) | 5 (0.0) | 1 (0.1) | 2 (0.1) | .047 |
| Composite outcome, (%) | 3088 (14.1) | 5845 (16.5) | 170 (14.3) | 631 (18.3) | <.001 | 2117 (13.1) | 4380 (21.5) | 197 (14.9) | 406 (26.7) | <.001 |
| Composite outcome without bleeding, (%) | 500 (2.3) | 696 (2) | 36 (3) | 85 (2.5) | .003 | 344 (2.1) | 371 (1.8) | 34 (2.6) | 40 (2.6) | .020 |
| Hospital length-of-stay, mean (SD) | 3.1 (3.3) | 3.2 (4.1) | 3.2 (1.5) | 3.3 (1.5) | <.001 | 2.9 (4.6) | 3.2 (4.7) | 3.3 (3.7) | 3.4 (2.1) | <.001 |
| White Men (N=19759) | White Women (N=31956) | Black Men (N=1082) | Black Women (N=3118) | White Men (N=14845) | White Women (N=18562) | Black Men (N=1215) | Black Women (N=1385) | |||
| Discharge to nursing home or skilled care, (%) | 3268 (16.5) | 7998 (25.0) | 204 (18.9) | 879 (28.2) | <.001 | 2002 (12.4) | 4297 (21.1) | 197 (14.9) | 357 (23.5) | <.001 |
| Readmission within 30-days of surgery, (%) | 865 (4.4) | 1031 (3.2) | 63 (5.8) | 111 (3.6) | <.001 | 559 (3.8) | 684 (3.7) | 42 (3.5) | 65 (4.7) | .269 |
*
Discharge destination and readmission limited to patients who underwent procedures in 2011– 2013 when these variables became available in the NSQIP PUF.