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Table 2 Complication rates

From: Risk of complications with prolonged operative time in morbidly obese patients undergoing elective total knee arthroplasty

Characteristics

Operative Time

< 60 mins (n = 4554)

60–90 mins (n = 13,640)

91–120 mins (n = 9908)

> 120 mins (n = 6088)

Superficial SSI

46 (1%)

128 (0.9%)

87 (0.9%)

67 (1.1%)

Deep/Organ SSI

25 (0.5%)

60 (0.4%)

70 (0.7%)

44 (0.7%)

DVT

15 (0.3%)

67 (0.5%)

59 (0.6%)

56 (0.9%)

Pulmonary Embolism

21 (0.5%)

83 (0.6%)

44 (0.4%)

43 (0.7%)