Table 5 Number of complications within 90 days after total knee arthroplasty
From: Total knee arthroplasty in carefully selected patients aged 80 years or older
Complication | ≥80 years group | Control group | pvalue |
|---|---|---|---|
Confusion, n (%) | 5 (6.7%) | 0 (0%) | 0.026 |
Pneumonia, n (%) | 2 (2.7%) | 1 (1.3%) | 0.614 |
MI, n (%) | 0 (0%) | 1 (1.3%) | 0.243 |
DVT with positive venogram, n (%) | 1 (1.3%) | 2 (2.7%) | 0.584 |
ICU care, n (%) | 1 (1.3%) | 1 (1.3%) | 0.976 |
Postop CHF, n (%) | 1 (1.3%) | 0 (0%) | 0.49 |
PE, n (%) | 0 (0%) | 1 (1.3%) | 0.326 |
UGI bleeding, n (%) | 3 (4%) | 0 (0%) | 0.115 |
Anemia, n (%) | 17 (22.7%) | 18 (24%) | 0.959 |
Atelectasis, n (%) | 3 (4%) | 1 (1.3%) | 0.359 |
Superficial wound infection, n (%) | 4 (5.3%) | 1 (1.3%) | 0.203 |
Number of patients receiving transfusion, n (%) | 22 (29.3%) | 8 (10.7%) | 0.003* |