Quality of primary total knee arthroplasty operative reports in a tertiary teaching hospital

Table 1 Descriptive statistics for patients and documentation, n (%)

Case demographics	n = 58
Sex
Female	42 (72.4)
Male	16 (27.6)
Age	63.1 (9.4)
Body mass index	32.4 (28.7-37.3)
Diabetic
Yes	8 (13.8)
No	50 (86.2)
Sequence of the case
First	37 (63.8)
Second	20 (34.5)
Third	1 (1.7)
Complications
LCL injury	1 (1.7)
MCL avulsion	1 (1.7)
Femoral condyle fracture	1 (1.7)
Length of stay in days	4.00 (3.0-4.0)
Duration of operation in minutes	177 (43.1)
Documenter demographics
Level of documenter
R1	4 (6.9)
R2	8 (13.8)
R3	11 (19.0)
R4	31 (53.4)
Registrar	1 (1.7)
Attending consultant	3 (5.2)
Time to documentation in hours	1.5 (0.2-11.7)

LCL: Lateral collateral ligament; MCL: Medial collateral ligament; R1: First year resident; R2: Second year resident; R3: Third year resident; R4: Fourth year resident.