Demographics |
Mean (and SD) age, yr | 69 (11) | 69 (10) | 0.28 |
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Gender, male:female | 10:16 | 11:18 | 0.99 |
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Diagnosis, no. (and %) of patients | | | 0.22 |
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Primary osteoarthritis | 24 (92) | 29 (100) | |
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Secondary osteoarthritis | 1 (4) | 0 | |
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Rheumatoid arthritis | 1 (4) | 0 | |
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Mean (and SD) body mass index, kg/m2 | 27.6 (5.7) | 30.1 (5.1) | 0.12 |
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NSAID use, no. (and %) of patients | 21 (81) | 15 (52) | 0.02 |
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Surgical characteristics |
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Implant fixation, no. (and %) of patients | | | 0.53 |
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Hybrid | 11 (42) | 11 (38) | |
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Cementless | 15 (58) | 18 (62) | |
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Mean (and SD) operation time, min | 77 (17) | 80 (20) | 0.17 |
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Type of anesthetic, no. (and %) of patients | | | 0.83 |
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Spinal | 15 (58) | 13 (45) | |
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General | 10 (38) | 14 (48) | |
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Both (general and spinal) | 1 (4) | 2 (7) | |