Results
A total of 683 patients underwent either a primary total knee replacement or a primary total hip replacement. From the descriptive statistics in the table below (Table 1), the percentage of females (n = 419, 61.3%) was higher compared to males (n = 264, 38.7%) in the study sample; knee procedures represented 63.7% (n = 435) of the total procedures performed. Anaemia was present in 138 patients (20.2%) and transfusion was performed in 48 patients (7.05%) of the total study sample. The median length of stay was 4 [IQR 3 - 7] days.
Table 1. Descriptive statistics for the study sample