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Table 3 Postoperative clinical outcomes and clinical outcomes during perioperative period, at the 1-year and latest follow-up

From: Better clinical outcome of total knee arthroplasty for rheumatoid arthritis with perioperative glucocorticoids and disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs after an average of 11.4-year follow-up

  Group A Group B Group C p A vs B A vs C B vs C
Perioperative period
 Drainage (ml)# 500.0(320.0–640.0) 430.0(330.0–730.0) 540.0(265.0–833.5) 0.98 / / /
 Blood transfusion(ml) # 400.0(0–600.0) 600.0(300.0–800.0) 600.0(400.0–800.0) 0.16 / / /
 Post-op  WBC (*109/L) 10.63 ± 3.72 11.87 ± 3.81 11.91 ± 3.2 0.34 0.68 0.60 0.99
 Post-op HGB (g/L) 106.57 ± 5.40 97.59 ± 6.31 98.59 ± 5.48 0.06 0.11 0.13 1.00
 HGB drop (g/L) 17.83 ± 14.51 14.91 ± 11.16 24.39 ± 18.23 0.13 0.99 0.44 0.17
 Estimated blood loss (ml)# 762.96 (359.29–1282.42) 743.58 (524.72–1341.36) 818.95 (601.09–1104.66) 0.72 / / /
 T pod 1 (°C) 37.94 ± 0.39 37.82 ± 0.64 37.59 ± 0.72 0.20 0.99 0.23 0.99
 T pod 3 (°C) 37.52 ± 0.29 37.21 ± 0.63 37.09 ± 0.51 0.03 0.48 0.02** 0.85
 Post-op ROM before discharge (°) 100.21 ± 5.86 108.43 ± 6.26 108.05 ± 5.33 0.08 0.17 0.15 1.00
At the 1-year follow-up
 ROM (°) 108.31 ± 5.37 108.07 ± 5.75 122.17 ± 4.89 0.001 1.00 0.001** 0.001***
 VAS 2.24 ± 0.68 2.71 ± 0.76 2.24 ± 0.73 0.34 0.48 1.00 0.42
 HSS 72.22 ± 2.36 70.91 ± 2.52 74.88 ± 2.14 0.06 1.00 0.30 0.06
  HSS pain score 22.79 ± 2.43 22.43 ± 2.56 23.23 ± 2.01 0.78 1.00 1.00 1.00
  HSS function score 13.72 ± 1.43 12.84 ± 1.53 14.34 ± 1.30 0.34 1.00 1.00 0.43
At the latest follow-up
 ROM (°) 112.82 ± 7.82 113.58 ± 8.36 130.81 ± 7.12 0.001 1.00 0.003** 0.008***
 VAS 1.17 ± 0.43 1.75 ± 0.52 1.09 ± 0.39 0.02 0.10 1.00 0.04***
 HSS 79.23 ± 3.31 77.35 ± 3.53 83.01 ± 3.01 0.049 1.00 0.27 0.045***
  HSS pain score 25.67 ± 2.37 24.52 ± 2.68 26.75 ± 2.47 0.15 0.82 0.73 0.12
  HSS function score 14.60 ± 1.66 13.71 ± 1.77 15.56 ± 1.51 0.30 1.00 1.00 0.36
  1. Post-op postoperative, HSS Hospital for Special Surgery, ROM range of motion, VAS visual analog scale, WBC white blood cell, HGB hemoglobin, T pod 1/T pod 3, temperature in postoperative days 1 and 3
  2. *Difference between groups A and B is significant
  3. ** Difference between groups A and C is significant
  4. *** Difference between groups B and C is significant
  5. #Data were described as “median (interquartile range)” with Kruskal-Wallis test