A few procedures account for most adverse events after orthopedic surgery (OrthoSuperSite)
Top ten procedures that account for 70% of the adverse events:
- Hip fracture (19%)
- Total knee arthroplasty (18%)
- Total hip arthroplasty (11%)
- Revision THA (5%)
- Knee arthroscopy (5%)
- Laminectomy (4%)
- Lumbar/thoracic arthrodesis (2%)
- Femoral fracture repair (2%)
- Revision knee arthroplasty (2%)
- Ankle fracture repair (2%)