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Table 5 Complications including readmission between posttraumatic (PTOA) and primary OA knee

From: TKR after posttraumatic and primary knee osteoarthritis: a comparative study

Parameters

PTOA (n=136)

Primary OA (n=716)

p value

Complicationsb

  

0.262

 Surgical site infectiona

2 (1.5%)

2 (0.3%)

 

 Urinary tract infectiona

0 (0%)

1 (0.1%)

 

 VTE event

1 (0.7%)

1 (0.1%)

 

 No complicationa

133 (97.8%)

712 (99.5%)

 

Readmissionsa

   

 Within 30 days

2 (1.5%)

21 (2.9%)

0.561

 Between 30 and 90 days

2 (1.5%)

15 (2.1%)

1.000

Need for revision TKA

1 (0.7%)

0 (0%)

 
  1. an percentage
  2. bThe values are given as the number of patients, with the percentage in parentheses
  3. Statistical significance at p<0.05