Morbidity and Readmission After Open Reduction and Internal Fixation of Ankle Fractures Are Associated With Preoperative Patient Characteristics
Basques BA, Miller CP, Golinvaux NS, Bohl DD, Grauer JN. Morbidity and Readmission After Open Reduction and Internal Fixation of Ankle Fractures Are Associated With Preoperative Patient Characteristics. Clinical Orthopaedics And Related Research® 2014, 473: 1133-1139. PMID: 25337977, PMCID: PMC4317425, DOI: 10.1007/s11999-014-4005-z.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdolescentAdultAge FactorsAgedAged, 80 and overAnkle FracturesDatabases, FactualDiabetes Mellitus, Type 1Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2FemaleFracture Fixation, InternalHumansMaleMiddle AgedPatient ReadmissionPostoperative ComplicationsProspective StudiesRetrospective StudiesRisk FactorsTreatment OutcomeYoung AdultConceptsDependent functional statusSevere adverse eventsAdverse eventsAnkle fracturesInfectious complicationsFunctional statusASA classificationBimalleolar fracturesPatient characteristicsDiabetes mellitusOpen reductionInternal fixationRisk factorsSurgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program databaseNational Surgical Quality Improvement Program databaseShort-term adverse eventsQuality Improvement Program databaseInsulin-dependent diabetes mellitusNoninsulin-dependent diabetes mellitusACS-NSQIP registryAnkle fracture ORIFQuestions/PurposesThe purposePreoperative patient characteristicsCurrent Procedural Terminology codesImprovement Program database