Despite a decline in transfusion rates from 2013 to 2021, published results showed Black patients who underwent total knee arthroplasty had significantly higher rates of transfusion compared with white patients.
To assess potential disparities in transfusion rates for total joint arthroplasty between Black and white patients, researchers retrospectively analyzed data from 5,435 patients who underwent TKA and 2,105 patients who underwent THA from 2013 to 2021. According to the study, 67.1% of patients who underwent TKA and 69.8% of patients who underwent THA were white. Overall, transfusion