Table 3.
Complications
| Variable | No. of Patients | P value* | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Group A (N = 82) | Group B (N = 105) | Group C (N = 91) | A vs. B vs. C | A vs. B | A vs. C | B vs. C | |
| Postoperative hypotension (N, %)a | 8 (9.8) | 1 (1.0) | 1 (1.1) | 0.002 | 0.005 | 0.01 | 0.919 |
| Deep vein thrombosis (N, %)a | 0 | 0 | 0 | NA | |||
| Pulmonary embolism (N, %)a | 0 | 0 | 0 | NA | |||
| Superficial infection (N, %)a | 0 | 0 | 0 | NA | |||
| Deep prosthetic infection (N, %)a | 0 | 0 | 0 | NA | |||
| Hematomas (N, %)a | 0 | 0 | 1 (1.1) | 0.357 | NA | 0.341 | 0.282 |
| Wound secretion (N, %)a | 1 (1.2) | 1 (1.0) | 1 (1.1) | 0.984 | 0.86 | 0.941 | 0.919 |
| Myocardial infarction (N, %)a | 0 | 0 | 0 | NA | |||
| Stroke (N, %)a | 1 (1.2) | 0 | 0 | 0.301 | 0.257 | 0.291 | NA |
| Acute renal failure (N, %)a | 0 | 0 | 0 | NA | |||
| 30-day mortality (N, %)a | 0 | 0 | 0 | NA | |||
| 90-day readmission (N, %)a | 0 | 0 | 0 | NA | |||
aData are presented as number of patients with percentage
*P values were calculated using the Pearson chi-square test or the Fisher exact test