Revision Surgery in Total Joint Replacement Is Cost-Intensive

Table 1

Anthropometric characteristics of the study group.

	Hip Revision	Hip Primary	Knee Revision	Knee Primary
Number of patients	94	94	68	68
Age (years)	66.9 ± 14.0	66.9 ± 14.0	67.9 ± 9.2	67.9 ± 9.2
Gender (men/women)	41/53	41/53	26/42	26/42
ASA-Class 1	12 (12.8%)	12 (12.8%)	3 (4.4%)	3 (4.4%)
ASA-Class 2	40 (42.6%)	40 (42.6%)	30 (44.1%)	30 (44.1%)
ASA-Class 3	42 (44.7%)	42 (44.7%)	35 (51.5%)	35 (51.5%)

For categorical data values are given as relative and absolute frequencies and for quantitative data values are given as mean (standard deviation); ASA = American Society of Anaesthesiologists.