2019
Elective Total Shoulder Arthroplasty in Octogenarians: A Safe Procedure.
Bovonratwet P, Malpani R, Ondeck NT, Tyagi V, Grauer JN. Elective Total Shoulder Arthroplasty in Octogenarians: A Safe Procedure. Journal Of The American Academy Of Orthopaedic Surgeons 2019, 27: 145-154. PMID: 30252789, DOI: 10.5435/jaaos-d-17-00364.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPrimary total shoulder arthroplastyTotal shoulder arthroplastyNational Surgical Quality Improvement Program databaseQuality Improvement Program databaseImprovement Program databasePerioperative complicationsHospital stayProgram databaseShoulder arthroplastyElective total shoulder arthroplastyPropensity score-matched comparisonYoung populationRate of readmissionUrinary tract infectionPost-discharge careOctogenarian patientsPreoperative optimizationOctogenarian populationPerioperative coursePatient characteristicsTract infectionsSafe procedureRisk factorsOctogenariansReadmission
2018
Is Discharge Within a Day of Total Knee Arthroplasty Safe in the Octogenarian Population?
Bovonratwet P, Fu MC, Tyagi V, Gu A, Sculco PK, Grauer JN. Is Discharge Within a Day of Total Knee Arthroplasty Safe in the Octogenarian Population? The Journal Of Arthroplasty 2018, 34: 235-241. PMID: 30391051, DOI: 10.1016/j.arth.2018.10.005.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTotal knee arthroplastyNational Surgical Quality Improvement Program databaseQuality Improvement Program databasePrimary total knee arthroplastyImprovement Program databaseIndependent risk factorSerious adverse eventsAdverse eventsRisk factorsProgram databasePerioperative adverse eventsHospital lengthNonhome dischargeOctogenarian populationPerioperative complicationsElderly patientsOlder patientsPatient agePostdischarge careKnee arthroplastyPatient satisfactionProcedural characteristicsHigh riskHealthcare costsPatients