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. 2019 Jun 17;14:180. doi: 10.1186/s13018-019-1230-x

Table 2.

Postoperative complications in mortality patients after joint arthroplasty

Elective surgeryb Non-elective surgeryb
TKA (n = 2) THA/FHR (n = 18)
Systemic complications
 Cerebral infarction 2 (100%) 2 (11%)
 Acute MI 0 6 (33%)
 Arrhythmia 1 (50%) 2 (11%)
 Acute heart failure 0 3 (17%)
 PE 0 4 (22%)
 DVTa 0 2 (11%)
 Septic shock 0 7 (39%)
 Pneumonia 0 10 (56%)
 GIa infection 0 3 (17%)
 Intracranial infection 0 2 (11%)
 Urinary tract infection 0 4 (22%)
 Acute renal failure 0 2 (11%)
 Bleeding 0 3 (17%)
Local complications
 Deep wound infection 0 1 (6%)
 Superficial wound infection 0 1 (6%)
 Wound dehiscence 0 1 (6%)

aDVT deep venous thrombosis, GI gastrointestinal

bIn our study, there are no patients died in hospital after elective THA/FHR or non-elective TKA