The Impact of Gender on Postoperative Complications after Revision Total Knee Arthroplasty

This study included 9,914 patients who underwent revision TKA (females = 5,728 [57.8%]; males = 4 186 [42.2%]). Male patients were shown to be at greater risk for developing 7 of 17 complications compared with female patients, and female patients were shown to be at greater risk for urinary tract infection (UTI) development. Multivariate analysis showed males as an independent risk factor for four complications and females as an independent risk factor for UTI development. Male patients were more likely to develop more complications postoperatively than female patients. Although the possibility of developing complications is relatively low, orthopaedic surgeons should be aware of increased postoperative complication rates when counseling patients who undergo revision TKA. [...] Thieme Medical Publishers 333 Seventh Avenue, New York, NY 10001, USA.Article in Thieme eJournals: Table of contents  |  Abstract  |  Full text
Source: Journal of Knee Surgery - Category: Orthopaedics Authors: Tags: Original Article Source Type: research