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Table 2 Complications of primary THR encountered until hospital discharge or requiring re-admission.

From: Revision and complication rates in 654 Exeter total hip replacements, with a maximum follow-up of 20 years

 

Cases

%

DVT and/or PE*

10

1.5%

Wound infection

3

0.5%

Wound rupture

2

0.3%

Nerve injury

7

1.1%

Dislocations

33

5.0%

Intraoperative fracture

1

0.2%

Cardiac or cerebrovascular incident

20

3.1%

Urinary tract infections

4

0.6%

Death

1

0.2%

Other

24

3.7%

Total

109

16.6%

  1. * DVT = deep venous thrombosis, PE = pulmonary embolism.