Table 3 Table showing the occurrence of knee swelling, need for transfusions as well as surgical wound bleeding
Knee swelling | Transfusions | Wound bleeding | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
TKA and UKA | Without drainage | 3.6% | 14.5% | 13.2% |
With drainage | 5.7% | 17.1% | 1.4% | |
P-value | 0.703 | 0.662 | 0.006 | |
TKA | Without drainage | 5.7% | 21.2% | 13.5% |
With drainage | 5.9% | 21.5% | 2.0% | |
P-value | 0.999 | 0.999 | 0.060 | |
UKA | Without drainage | – | 5.2% | 12.9% |
With drainage | 5.2% | 3.2% | – | |
P-value | 0.380 | 0.999 | 0.284 | |