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Table 2 Proportion of procedures with a complication by timing and severity of complication

From: Complications to 6 months following total hip or knee arthroplasty: observations from an Australian clinical outcomes registry

 

Hip

N = 2782

Knee

N = 5662

During acute admission

 Major

80 (2.9)

173 (3.1)

 Minor

246 (8.8)

540 (9.5)

 Overall

311 (11.2)

679 (12)

From discharge to 6 months

 Major

192 (6.9)

666 (11.8)

 Minor

775 (27.9)

2332 (41.2)

 Overall

899 (32.3)

2675 (47.2)

Total

 Major

263 (9.5)

815 (14.4)

 Minor

947 (34.0)

2637 (46.6)

 Overall

1103 (39.7)

3033 (53.6)