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Official Journal of the Italian Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology

Table 2 Comparison of postoperative complications and procedures of patients receiving primary TKA

From: Arthrofibrosis after total knee arthroplasty: patients with keloids at risk

Joint complication

TKA w/ keloid (n = 11,461)

Primary TKA (n = 534,414)

ORa (95% CI)

Ankylosis, n (%)

 30-day

69 (0.6)

2006 (0.4)

1.65 (1.3–2.1)

 90-day

347 (3.0)

14,485 (2.7)

1.17 (1.0–1.3)

 6-month

475 (4.1)

19,413 (3.6)

1.19 (1.1–1.3)

 1-year

593 (5.2)

22,890 (4.3)

1.26 (1.2–1.4)

Manipulation under anesthesia, n (%)

 30-day

23 (0.2)

1,009 (0.2)

1.1 (0.7–1.6)

 90-day

393 (3.4)

1, 256 (3.2)

1.1 (1.0–1.2)

 6-month

495 (4.3)

21,421 (4.0)

1.1 (1.0–1.2)

 1-year

528 (4.6)

22,257 (4.2)

1.2 (1.1–1.3)

Lysis of adhesions*, n (%)

 90-day

13 (0.1)

299 (0.1)

2.2 (1.2–3.6)

 6-month

33 (0.3)

794 (0.2)

2.0 (1.4–2.8)

 1-year

54 (0.5)

1,361 (0.3)

1.9 (1.4–2.5)

Prosthetic revision, n (%)

 6-month

42 (0.4)

2,283 (0.4)

0.9 (0.6–1.2)

 1-year

77 (0.7)

3,999 (0.8)

0.9 (0.7–1.2)

 2-year

141 (1.2)

6,442 (1.2)

1.1 (0.9–1.3)

  1. TKA total knee arthroplasty, OR odds ratio, CI confidence interval
  2. aAdjusting for sex, age, BMI, diabetes, tobacco use, and CCI
  3. *Data for 30-day lysis of adhesions not available