Low risk of thromboembolic complications after fast-track hip and knee arthroplasty

Figures & data

Table 1. Distribution of operations and length of stay (LOS)

	No. of operations				Length of stay
	All	TKA	BSTKA	THA	TKA	BSTKA	THA
2004	311	124	28	159	4.4	5.9	6.3
2005	378	167	32	179	4.6	6.0	5.3
2006	434	159	58	217	4.5	7.3	5.7
2007	433	182	52	199	3.1	4.2	4.2
2008	421	152	76	193	3.2	4.2	3.9
Total	1,977	784	246	947

Table 2. Numbers and incidences (with 95% CI) of deep venous thrombosis (DVT), pulmonary embolism (PE), and death (D) within 90 days

	Number of				Incidences (CI)
	DVT	PE	D	DVT	PE	D
TKA
2004	2	0	1	1.61 (0.4–5.7)	0 (0–3.0)	0.81 (0.1–4.4)
2005	4	2	1	2.40 (0.9–6.0)	1.20 (0.3–4.3)	0.60 (0.1–3.3)
2006	1	1	0	0.63 (0.1–3.5)	0.63 (0.1–3.5)	0 (0–2.4)
2007	1	1	0	0.55 (0.1–3.1)	0.55 (0.1–3.1)	0 (0–2.1)
2008	1	0	0	0.66 (0.1–3.6)	0 (0–2.5)	0 (0–2.5)
Total				1.15 (0.6–2.2)	0.51 (0.2–1.3)	0.26 (0.1–1.0)
BSTKA
2004	0	0	0	0 (0–12.1)	0 (0–12.1)	0 (0–12.1)
2005	0	0	0	0 (0–10.7)	0 (0–10.7)	0 (0–10.7)
2006	0	0	0	0 (0–6.2)	0 (0–6.2)	0 (0–6.2)
2007	0	0	0	0 (0–6.9)	0 (0–6.9)	0 (0–6.9)
2008	0	0	0	0 (0–4.8)	0 (0–4.8)	0 (0–4.8)
Total				0 (0–1.5)	0 (0–1.5)	0 (0–1.5)
THA
2004	0	1	1	0 (0–2.4)	0.63 (0.1–3.5)	0.63 (0.1–3.5)
2005	0	1	0	0 (0–2.1)	0.56 (0.1–3.1)	0 (0–2.1)
2006	0	0	0	0 (0–1.7)	0 (0–1.7)	0 (0–1.7)
2007	1	0	0	0.50 (0.1–2.8)	0 (0–1.9)	0 (0–1.9)
2008	1	0	0	0.52 (0.1–2.9)	0 (0.1–2.0)	0 (0.1–2.0)
Total				0.21 (0.1–0.8)	0.21 (0.1–0.8)	0.11 (0–0.6)

Numbers of incident cases of DVT, PE and death for each year with corresponding mean LOS.