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. 2017 Sep 11;14(1):23–28. doi: 10.1007/s11420-017-9573-5

Table 2.

Comparison of adverse outcomes after primary and revision total shoulder arthroplasty

Primary TSA Revision TSA Bivariate analysis Multivariate analysisa
n = 10,371 n = 496 OR p value OR p value
Any adverse complication 6.53% 10.69% 1.64 < 0.001* 1.73 < 0.001*
Major adverse complications 2.31% 4.64% 2.00 0.001* 2.08 0.001*
 Death 0.17% 0.40% 2.32 0.244 2.56 0.211
 Pulmonary complications 0.70% 0.40% 0.57 0.429 0.46 0.589
 DVT/PE 0.33% 0.40% 1.23 0.775 1.29 0.729
 Stroke/cerebrovascular accident 0.11% 0.20% 1.90 0.531 2.06 0.492
 Sepsis 0.19% 0.81% 4.18 0.004 4.53 0.007
 Return to operating room 1.07% 2.62% 2.45 0.001* 2.44 0.004
Minor adverse complications 4.82% 7.46% 1.55 0.008 1.59 0.010
 Wound infection 0.33% 1.41% 4.30 < 0.001* 3.45 0.001*
 Urinary tract infection 0.76% 1.41% 1.85 0.111 1.98 0.087
 Blood transfusion 3.87% 5.24% 1.36 0.124 1.38 0.125
Readmission 2.87% 4.08% 1.42 0.120 1.45 0.118

Significant values are presented in bold

OR odds ratio, DVT/PE deep vein thrombosis/pulmonary embolism

*Significance defined as p < 0.0038 after correcting for multiple-group comparisons

aBinary logistic regression