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Table 5 VTE and SSI complications by VTE and antibiotic compliance and non-compliance

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

Complications by one year

VTE clinical guidelines

(N = 1823)

Therapeutic guidelines Antibiotic (N = 1936)

VTE compliance

N (%)

VTE non-compliance

N (%)

TGAb noncompliance

N (%)

TGAB non-compliance

N (%)

VTE

16 (0.88%)

57 (3.1%)

6 (0.33%)

67 (3.7%)

All SSI

80 (4.4%)

171 (9.4%)

15 (0.8%)

236 (12.9%)

Deep SSI

20 (1.1%)

40 (2.2%)

3 (0.2%)

57 (3.1%)