TABLE III.
Adverse Events Up to 2 Years After Surgery
Hemiarthroplasty (N = 60) | Total Hip Arthroplasty (N = 60) | |
Hip-related complications | ||
Dislocation | 1 | 0 |
Superficial infection | 0 | 3 |
Deep periprosthetic infection | 3 | 0 |
Non-healing fracture | 0 | 1 |
Total number of hip complications | 4 | 4 |
Number of patients with any hip complication | 4 | 4 |
Reoperation | ||
Closed reduction | 1 | 0 |
Surgical debridement and 1-stage revision | 2 | 0 |
Another major reoperation | 0 | 1 |
Total number of major reoperations | 2 | 1 |
General complications | ||
Pneumonia | 7 | 4 |
Pulmonary embolism | 1 | 1 |
Myocardial infarct | 1 | 2 |
Cerebral vascular lesion | 3 | 6 |
Acute kidney failure | 0 | 1 |