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Table 2 Perioperative complications

From: The impact of long-term aspirin use on the patients undergoing shoulder arthroplasty

Perioperative complication

Study cohorts

L-AUa

Whole non-L-AU

p value

Matched non-L-AU

p value

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

Any complicationb

3603 (15.91)

19,639 (14.05)

 < 0.001

3631 (16.04)

0.719

Blood transfusion

505 (2.23)

4062 (2.91)

 < 0.001

671 (2.96)

 < 0.001

Periprosthetic joint infection (PJI)

112 (0.49)

619 (0.44)

0.281

120 (0.53)

0.598

Dislocation of prosthetic joint

260 (1.14)

1461 (1.05)

0.161

257 (1.18)

0.894

Hemorrhage/seroma/hematoma

36 (0.15)

268 (0.19)

0.290

42 (0.19)

0.497

Urinary tract infection (UTI)

286 (1.26)

2032 (1.45)

0.025

328 (1.45)

0.088

Acute renal failure (ARF)

323 (1.43)

1993 (1.43)

0.996

415 (1.83)

0.001

Thrombocytopenia

233 (1.03)

1373 (0.98)

0.511

211 (0.93)

0.294

Acute postoperative pain

657 (2.90)

3665 (2.62)

0.015

590 (2.61)

0.054

Respiratory disease

88 (0.39)

521 (0.37)

0.717

93 (0.41)

0.710

Genitourinary disease

577 (2.55)

4004 (2.86)

0.008

771 (3.41)

 < 0.001

Pneumonia

77 (0.34)

500 (0.36)

0.678

92 (0.41)

0.248

Gastrointestinal complication

22 (0.09)

86 (0.06)

0.054

16 (0.07)

0.330

Convulsion

89 (0.39)

529 (0.38)

0.742

74 (0.33)

0.239

Deep venous thrombosis (DVT)

15 (0.07)

119 (0.09)

0.358

14 (0.06)

0.853

Wound infection

9 (0.04)

63 (0.05)

0.724

7 (0.03)

0.617

Pulmonary embolism (PE)

21 (0.09)

155 (0.11)

0.441

28 (0.12)

0.317

Acute myocardial infarction (AMI)

59 (0.26)

379 (0.27)

0.775

88 (0.39)

0.017

Peripheral vascular disease

971 (4.29)

3545 (2.54)

 < 0.001

916 (4.05)

0.196

Postoperative delirium (POD)

110 (0.48)

616 (0.44)

0.346

118 (0.52)

0.595

Septicemia

15 (0.07)

138 (0.10)

0.139

14 (0.06)

0.853

Acute cerebrovascular disease (ACD)

211 (0.93)

697 (0.49)

 < 0.001

153 (0.68)

0.002

Cardiac arrest

11 (0.05)

72 (0.05)

0.856

18 (0.08)

0.194

Postoperative shock

4 (0.02)

48 (0.03)

0.193

10 (0.04)

0.109

Gastrointestinal bleeding (GI bleeding)

12 (0.05)

59 (0.04)

0.472

14 (0.06)

0.695

Stroke

209 (0.92)

691 (0.49)

 < 0.001

152 (0.67)

0.003

Death

9 (0.04)

69 (0.04)

0.540

13 (0.06)

0.394

  1. aL-AU: long-term aspirin use
  2. bAny complication: defined as at least one complication observed in Table 3 that occurred in a patient