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Official Journal of the Italian Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology

Table 1 Demographic and clinical data of the 40 total knee arthroplasties in this study

From: Alteration of inflammatory cytokine production in primary total knee arthroplasty using antibiotic-loaded bone cement

 

BC group (n = 20)

ALBC group (n = 20)

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Age (years)

71.2 ± 7.9 (54.0–84.0)

67.9 ± 6.2 (59.0–79.0)

0.15

Body weight (kg)

68.4 ± 11.4 (48.8–87.0)

70.1 ± 10.4 (53.6–90.0)

0.62

Height (m)

1.55 ± 0.1 (1.45–1.72)

1.55 ± 0.1 (1.39–1.69)

0.66

Body mass index (kg/m2)

28.1 ± 3.1 (21.7–33.3)

29.3 ± 3.9 (24.6–38.5)

0.27

Operative time (min)

99.5 ± 13.2 (90.0–120.0)

102.5 ± 14.1 (90.0–120.0)

0.49

Postoperative drainage (mL)

441.0 ± 128.1 (110.0–680.0)

389.0 ± 108.1 (160.0–600.0)

0.17

  1. Data are presented as mean ± standard deviation (range)
  2. ALBC antibiotic-loaded bone cement, BC bone cement