Table 5 Bleeding events incidence
Type of surgery | TKA | THA | HFS | Rupture of Achilles tendon | Simple fracture of lower extremities | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n = 5023 | n = 3856 | n = 20,991 | n = 572 | n = 6639 | |||||||||||
n | % | 95% CI | n | % | 95% CI | n | % | 95% CI | n | % | 95% CI | n | % | 95% CI | |
Bleeding requiring blood transfusion events | 37 | 0.7 | 0.5–1.0 | 39 | 1.0 | 0.7–1.3 | 276 | 1.3 | 1.2–1.5 | 0 | – | – | 40 | 0.6 | 0.4–0.8 |
 Intracranial bleeding events | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0–0.1 | 2 | 0.1 | 0.0–0.1 | 36 | 0.2 | 0.1–0.2 | 0 | – | – | 17 | 0.3 | 0.1–0.4 |
 Intraocular bleeding events | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0–0.1 | 0 | – | – | 8 | 0.0 | 0.0–0.1 | 0 | – | – | 5 | 0.1 | 0.0–0.1 |
 Upper gastrointestinal bleeding events | 7 | 0.1 | 0.0–0.2 | 3 | 0.1 | 0.0–0.2 | 74 | 0.4 | 0.3–0.4 | 0 | – | – | 14 | 0.2 | 0.1–0.3 |
 Lower gastrointestinal bleeding events | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0–0.1 | 0 | – | – | 21 | 0.1 | 0.0–0.1 | 0 | – | – | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0–0.1 |
 Any bleeding events | 48 | 1.0 | 0.7–1.2 | 43 | 1.1 | 0.8–1.4 | 386 | 1.8 | 1.7–2.0 | 0 | – | – | 74 | 1.1 | 0.9–1.4 |