2024
Optimizing Total Hip and Knee Arthroplasty Among an Underserved Population: Lessons Learned From a Quality-Improvement Initiative
El-Othmani M, McCormick K, Xu W, Hickernell T, Sarpong N, Tyler W, Herndon C. Optimizing Total Hip and Knee Arthroplasty Among an Underserved Population: Lessons Learned From a Quality-Improvement Initiative. Arthroplasty Today 2024, 28: 101443. PMID: 38983938, PMCID: PMC11231561, DOI: 10.1016/j.artd.2024.101443.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchTotal joint arthroplastyAmerican Society of Anesthesiologists scoreUnderserved populationsPreoperative optimization protocolElective total joint arthroplastyQuality improvement initiativesQuality-improvement initiativesContemporary control cohortPostoperative complicationsReoperation ratePostoperative outcomesAnesthesiologists scorePatient demographicsClinical group patientsRetrospective analysisGroup patientsMedical comorbiditiesControl cohortHealth equityOffice patientsPatient populationMedicaid clinicComplicationsQuality-improvementImprovement initiatives
2023
Is There an Implicit Racial Bias in the Case Order of Elective Total Joint Arthroplasty?
Kaidi A, Hammoor B, Tyler W, Geller J, Cooper H, Hickernell T. Is There an Implicit Racial Bias in the Case Order of Elective Total Joint Arthroplasty? Journal Of Racial And Ethnic Health Disparities 2023, 11: 1-6. PMID: 37095288, DOI: 10.1007/s40615-022-01492-3.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSurgical start timeTotal joint arthroplastyTotal hip arthroplastyMultivariable logistic regressionOdds ratioJoint arthroplastyArthroplasty fellowship-trained surgeonsElective total joint arthroplastyNon-Hispanic black patientsElective total hip arthroplastyPrimary total joint arthroplastySurgical case orderLarge academic medical centerFellowship-trained surgeonsAcademic medical centerSelf-reported raceTKA patientsBlack patientsAdverse outcomesSurgical typePatient raceTotal kneeInclusion criteriaHip arthroplastyMedical Center