Study | Year(s) | Design | Follow-up | Unicompartmental knee arthroplasty | Primary total knee arthroplasty | ||||||
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N | DVT%b | PE%c | VTED%d | N | DVT% | PE% | VTED% | ||||
Brown | 2004–2009 | Retrospective | 90 days | 605 | – | – | 0.6 | 2235 | – | – | 1.0 |
Drager | 2011–2012 | Retrospective | 30 days | 1340 | 0.5 | 0.0a | – | 36,274 | 0.9 | 0.7 | – |
Duchman | 2005–2011 | Retrospective | 30 days | 1588 | 0.5a | 0.13 | – | 27,745 | 1.5 | 0.47 | – |
Hansen | 2002–2012 | Retrospective | 90 days | 20,488 | 2.04a | 1.56a | – | 415,727 | 3.70 | 3.01 | – |