Evaluated factor

Infection

p-value

Yes

No

Gender

Male

4 (23.5%)

13 (76.5%)

0.4562

Female

9 (14.1%)

55 (85.9%)

Age

Less than 60 years

1 (5.3%)

18 (94.7%)

0.2182

60 to 70 years

6 (15.8%)

32 (84.2%)

Above 70 years

6 (25.0%)

18 (75.0%)

Principal diagnosis

Left Knee Arthrosis

7 (17.9%)

32 (82.1%)

0.766¹

Right Knee Arthrosis

6 (14.3%)

36 (85.7%)

Clinical diseases

Yes

12 (17.9%)

55 (82.1%)

0.4482

No

1 (7.1%)

13 (92.9%)

Length of hospital stay

4 days

2 (12.5%)

14 (87.5%)

0.4702

5 days

2 (11.1%)

16 (88.9%)

6 or more

5 (27.8%)

13 (72.2%)

Type of surgery

TKA―left knee

7 (17.9%)

32 (82.1%)

0.766¹

TKA―right knee

6 (14.3%)

36 (85.7%)

Time of surgery (in hours)

Up to 2 hours

3 (20.0%)

12 (80.0%)

0.8742

Between 2 and 3 hours

9 (15.0%)

51 (85.0%)

Above 3 hours

1 (16.7%)

5 (83.3%)

PATB

Yes

12 (16.7%)

60 (83.3%)

1.0002

No

1 (11.1%)

8 (88.9%)

ASAPS

I

1 (7.1%)

13 (92.9%)

0.6732

II

12 (18.8%)

52 (81.3%)

III

0 (0.0%)

3 (100.0%)