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Table 5 Postoperative adverse events

From: The efficacy and safety of subcutaneous continuous local infiltration analgesia with ropivacaine in patients undergoing total knee arthroplasty: a comparative study

Postoperative time point

Pump (n = 28)

No pump (n = 35)

p-value

n

%

n

%

Wound infection

0

0

1

2.9

0.367

Other infection

1

3.6

2

5.7

0.691

Pneumonia

2

7.1

0

0

0.108

Delirium

1

3.6

0

0

0.260

Anemia requiring transfusion

2

7.1

0

0

0.108

Readmission within 30 days

0

0

4

114

0.065

Cardiac dysfunction

1

3.6

2

5.7

0.691