TableĀ 3.

Secondary outcome measures in the pre- and post-intervention group

Secondary outcome measuresPre-intervention (n=248)Post-intervention (n=132)P-value
Total number of complications17 (7%)6 (5%)0.369
Bleeding12 (5%)6 (5%)
Deep vein thrombosis1 (0.4%)0
Pulmonary embolism00
Stroke/Transient ischemic attack1 (0.4%)0
Type 1 cardiac ischemia00
Type 2 cardiac ischemia3 (1.2%)0
Preoperative correction of anticoagulation11 (4%)8 (6%)0.489