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. 2020 Nov 7;6(4):1001–1008.e3. doi: 10.1016/j.artd.2020.09.014

Table 4.

Comparison of systemic complications for robotic and nonrobotic TKA groups.

Systemic complication Non–robot-assisted primary TKA (n = 750,122) n (%) Robot-assisted primary TKA (n = 5228) n (%) OR (95% CI)
Deep vein thrombosis
 In-hospital 5345 (0.71) 15 (0.29) 2.40 (1.50-4.18)
 90 d 23,274 (3.10) 101 (1.93) 1.55 (1.28-1.90)a
Altered mental status
 In-hospital 3111 (0.41) 8 (0.15) 2.40 (1.29-5.26)a
 90 d 6298 (0.84) 27 (0.52) 1.44 (1.01-2.16)a
Pulmonary embolism
 In-hospital 4026 (0.54) 7 (0.13) 3.76 (1.94-8.76)a
 90 d 9203 (1.23) 28 (0.54) 2.16 (1.52-3.21)a
Anemia
In-hospital 179,851 (23.98) 613 (11.73) 2.26 (2.08-2.46)a
90 d 49,227 (6.56) 135 (2.58) 2.50 (2.12-2.98)
Acute renal failure
 In-hospital 15,987 (2.13) 38 (0.73) 2.56 (1.89-3.60)a
 90 d 13,049 (1.74) 46 (0.88) 1.71 (1.29-2.32)a
Myocardial infarction
 In-hospital 1620 (0.22) 5 (0.10) 1.95 (0.90-5.45)
 90 d 3104 (0.41) 14 (0.27) 1.38 (0.85-2.46)
Cerebrovascular event
 In-hospital 5310 (0.71) 18 (0.34) 1.80 (1.17-2.98)a
 90 d 10,827 (1.44) 64 (1.22) 1.03 (0.81-1.33)
Pneumonia
 In-hospital 4086 (0.54) 7 (0.13) 3.64 (1.88-8.49)a
 90 d 9261 (1.23) 46 (0.88) 1.25 (0.94-1.69)
Respiratory failure
 In-hospital 6914 (0.92) 15 (0.29) 2.70 (1.69-4.70)a
 90 d 6022 (0.80) 19 (0.36) 1.89 (1.24-3.07)a
Urinary tract infection
 In-hospital 13,477 (1.80) 43 (0.82) 1.85 (1.39-2.54)a
 90 d 34,869 (4.65) 143 (2.74) 1.47 (1.25-1.75)a

NA, not applicable.

a

Bolded entries refer to complications that are statistically significant.