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Table 3 Surgical complications

From: Association between VTE and antibiotic prophylaxis guideline compliance and patient-reported outcomes after total hip and knee arthroplasty: an observational study

Type of surgical complications

During acute admission

Between acute discharge and 35 days

Between 36 and 90 days

Between 91 and 365 days

Total N of events*

N of people* N (%)

Any VTE

37 (2.0%)

30 (1.6%)

8 (0.4%)

5 (0.3%)

80 (4.4%)

73 (4.0%)

Readmission

NA

78 (4.2%)

49 (2.7%)

54 (2.9%)

181 (9.8%)

156 (8.5%)

Reoperation

14 (0.8%)

33 (1.8%)

33 (1.8%)

43 (2.3%)

123 (6.7%)

106 (5.8%)

Any SSI

94 (5.1%)

111 (6.0%)

53 (2.9%)

8 (0.4%)

266 (14.5%)

251 (13.7%)

Deep SSI

23 (1.3%)

22 (1.2%)

11 (0.6%)

6 (0.3%)

62 (3.4%)

60 (3.3%)

  1. *The difference between total number of events and number of people includes those people who experienced multiple separate events