Emergency Department Visits Within 90 Days of Total Ankle Replacement
Ratnasamy PP, Kammien AJ, Gouzoulis MJ, Oh I, Grauer JN. Emergency Department Visits Within 90 Days of Total Ankle Replacement. Foot & Ankle Orthopaedics 2022, 7: 24730114221134255. PMID: 36324696, PMCID: PMC9619275, DOI: 10.1177/24730114221134255.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchElixhauser Comorbidity IndexSurgical site painRetrospective cohort studyED visitsSite painCohort studyHealth care utilization/costsHigher Elixhauser comorbidity indexPain management pathwayPostoperative ED visitsPostoperative hospital lengthEmergency department visitsDay of surgeryLogistic regression analysisSite of careTotal ankle replacementHealth care costsComorbidity indexHospital lengthED utilizationDepartment visitsPatient factorsPostoperative weekEmergency departmentFemale sex