Journal of Orthopaedics and Traumatology

Official Journal of the Italian Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology

Table 2 Postoperative findings

From: Fibrin tissue adhesive reduces postoperative blood loss in total knee arthroplasty

Patient no.	Di-deco				Quixil
	Blood loss (ml)	Hb decrease (g/dl)	Transfusions	Surgical time (min)	Blood loss (ml)	Hb decrease (g/dl)	Transfusions	Surgical time (min)
1	840	2.5	2a^a	90	1,290	0.5	—	90
2	1,100	3.3	1a	70	650	2.8	—	80
3	1,800	3.6	1h^b	70	1,420	0.9	—	90
4	1,470	4.4	2h	90	620	2.4	—	70
5	2,650	1.6	2h	115	470	2.8	—	90
6	700	2.7	—	100	400	3.5	—	110
7	1,650	−0.2	—	60	500	1.7	—	70
8	1,480	3.7	2a	60	1,090	5.5	1a	60
9	2,070	2.5	—	70	1,090	2.6	—	70
10	1,120	3.9	—	90	1,050	2.9	—	80
11	1,750	1.6	—	100	650	2.7	—	85
12	1,710	3.8	1h	105	1,150	2.7	1h	90
13	760	5.1	3h	90	910	1.8	—	75
14	800	3	1h	95	1,010	3.8	—	70
15	500	2.9	—	70	650	3.6	—	60
16	700	1.5	—	80	850	2.9	—	60
17	600	3.7	—	80	1,060	2.6	—	65
18	1,200	0.8	—	90	700	2.3	—	100
19	2,350	3.2	1a	60	650	2.8	—	80
20	850	3.4	1h	80	1,000	3.7	—	75
21	800	2.7	—	70	1,070	4.2	—	60
22	1,750	2.9	1h	75	1,150	0.9	—	70
23	2,050	3.1	1h	70	1,480	1.7	1a	100
24	1,750	0.9	—	65	570	1.6	—	110
25	1,850	0	—	70	1,150	0	—	80
26	1,750	3.3	—	90	850	1.6	—	65
27	1,000	0	—	60	1,030	4.8	—	120
28	1,050	3.1	—	70	850	2.3	—	80
29	1,250	4.1	—	65	950	3.6	—	70
30	1,000	2.3	—	80	800	3.2	—	70
31	1,800	2	—	70	370	1.4	1a	70
32	1,100	3.7	2a	70	1,020	2.6	—	65
33	2,050	2.5	—	60	400	2.6	—	65
34	1,050	4	—	70	1,200	2.6	—	65
35	1,800	3.8	1a	90	650	1.6	2h	105
Mean	1,375.71429	2.72571429		78.2857143	878.571429	2.54857143		79
Median	1,250	3		70	910	2.6		75
SD	546.170011	1.28757475		14.3968367	292.485725	1.15970874		16.0788498

^aAutologous
^bHomologous
Student t test (blood loss): p = 1.6558 × 10⁻⁵
Student t test (Hb decrease): p = 0.54736077
Student t test (Hb levels before surgery): p = 0.34083659
Fisher test (blood units administered): 15 patients (Di-deco) versus 6 patients (Quixil): p = 0.03
Fisher test (at least two blood units administered): 12 patients (Di-deco) versus 2 patients (Quixil): p = 0.006

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