Baseline characteristics
Two of the 230 patients withdrew due to early discharge from the hospital. Thus, 228 patients were included in the final analysis. The mean age was 60.38 ± 13.33 years. The majority of patients were females, accounting for 63.2% of all patients. Regarding the surgical site, the right knee accounted for 31.6%, followed by the left hip (21.1%) and right hip (20.2%). The mean BMI was 25.70 ± 4.23 kg/m
Baseline characteristicsBMI: body mass index; TT: thrombin time; APTT: active partial thromboplastin time; PT: prothrombin time; ESR: erythrocyte sedimentation rate