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Table 1 In-hospital postoperative surgical-related and anesthesia/medical-status-related complications

From: Hypoalbuminemia and obesity class II are reliable predictors of peri-prosthetic joint infection in patient undergoing elective total knee arthroplasty

Complications

Examples

Surgical-related:

 Peri-prosthetic joint infection

Deep surgical site infection

Implant infection

 Hematoma requiring drainage/pseudoaneurysm thrombosis

 Wound complications

Infection

Dehiscence

Necrosis requiring debridement

Anesthesia/medical-status-related:

 Systemic infection

Urinary tract infection or pyelonephritis

Pneumonia

 Intensive care unit (ICU) admission

 Cerebrovascular accident

Stroke

Transient ischemic attack

 Acute renal failure

 Deep vein thrombosis (DVT)

 Pulmonary embolism (PE)

 Cardiovascular complications

Arrhythmias

Acute coronary syndrome

Heart failure