Short-term coagulation complications following total knee arthroplasty: a comparison of patient-reported and surgeon-verified complication rates. Academic Article uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • Data from 3278 patients from a prospective patient-centered total joint registry was used to investigate the rates of complications in the first 6 months following primary total knee arthroplasty. All patients reporting deep venous thrombosis (DVT), pulmonary embolism (PE), or major bleeding were identified through patient self-reporting. Complications were verified by a review of imaging records and direct communication with patients by a surgeon. Surgeon-verified rates of DVT, PE, and major bleeding were 1.52%, 0.49%, and 0.34%, respectively. When compared with the complication rates as reported by patients, concordance was 86.2% for DVT, 84.2% for PE, and 36.7% for major bleeding. More than half (54.5%) of the complications were diagnosed and treated at the original operative hospital, and 45.5% were diagnosed and treated at other institutions.

publication date

  • January 21, 2011

Research

keywords

  • Arthroplasty, Replacement, Knee
  • Hemorrhage
  • Physicians
  • Postoperative Complications
  • Pulmonary Embolism
  • Self Report
  • Venous Thrombosis

Identity

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 80755136589

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1016/j.arth.2010.11.007

PubMed ID

  • 21256700

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 26

issue

  • 8