Table 2.
Thirty-day complication rate after total hip and knee arthroplasty in nine hospitals
| 30-day postoperative complications | Whole cohort (n = 186) | DRHs (n = 57) | TCHs (n = 129) | P-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patients with postoperative complications | 12 (6.5) | 1 (1.8) | 11 (8.5) | 0.1 |
| ● Minor procedural complicationsa | 5 (2.7) | 1 (1.8) | 4 (3.1) | 1.0 |
| ● Pulmonary Emboli | 1 (0.5) | None | 1 (0.8) | 1.0 |
| ● Troponin T leak | 1 (0.5) | None | 1 (0.8) | 1.0 |
| ● Postoperative blood transfusion | 1 (0.5) | None | 1 (0.8) | 1.0 |
| ● Joint revision | 5 (2.7) | None | 5 (3.9) | 0.3 |
| ●Joint dislocationb | 3 (1.6) | None | 3 (2.3) | 0.6 |
| ●Periprosthetic joint infectionc | 2 (1.1) | None | 2 (1.6) | 1.0 |
Data are n (%)
1 patient had 2 postoperative complications (in-hospital wound oozing and readmission with pulmonary emboli)
aFor example wound oozing, wound haematoma
bOnly total hip arthroplasties
cOnly total knee arthroplasties
Please see the Abbreviations section for explanation of the acronyms and Supplementary data, Table S1 for definitions of postoperative complications