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Table 3.

Etiology of Revisions According to the Early and Late Periods in Two Time Intervals

Periods
2005-2011 2011-2017
Time to revision Early
(<2 year)
Late
(≥2 year)
Total Early
(<2 year)
Late
(≥2 year)
Total
Infection (n, %) 37 44 81 39 34 73
62.7% 55.0% 58.3% 62.9% 37.8% 48.0%
Aseptic loosening
(n, %)
7 22 29 14 42 56
11.9% 27.5% 20.9% 22.6% 46.7% 36.8%
Periprosthetic Fracture (n, %) 3 2 5 1 7 8
5.1% 2.5% 3.6% 1.6% 7.8% 5.3%
Unresolved pain
(n, %)
4 7 11 4 2 6
6.8% 8.8% 7.9% 6.5% 2.2% 3.9%
Instability (n, %) 5 5 10 2 4 6
8.4% 6.3% 7.2% 3.2% 4.4% 3.9%
Insertfracture (n, %) 3 0 3 2 1 3
5.1% 0.0% 2.2% 3.2% 1.1% 2.0%

Early; <2 years, Late≥2 years. Boxes in bold type indicate the 2 most common causes of etiology.