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