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Essential elements of an outpatient total joint replacement programme.
Li J, Rubin LE, Mariano ER. Essential elements of an outpatient total joint replacement programme. Current Opinion In Anaesthesiology 2019, 32: 643-648. PMID: 31356361, DOI: 10.1097/aco.0000000000000774.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAmbulatory Surgical ProceduresArthroplasty, Replacement, HipArthroplasty, Replacement, KneeCritical PathwaysFeasibility StudiesHealth Plan ImplementationHumansLength of StayMedicaidMedicarePatient Education as TopicPatient ReadmissionPatient SatisfactionPatient SelectionPostoperative ComplicationsProgram EvaluationTreatment OutcomeUnited StatesConceptsTotal joint arthroplastyOutpatient total joint arthroplastyPatient satisfactionLong-term functional outcomePatient/family educationTotal knee arthroplasty patientsOpioid-sparing analgesiaShort-term complicationsTotal joint replacement programKnee arthroplasty patientsSubset of patientsStandardized clinical pathwayPositive surgical outcomesProper patient selectionJoint replacement programEvidence-based guidanceNew care paradigmPostdischarge planningAdverse eventsArthroplasty patientsPatient selectionSurgical outcomesFunctional outcomeOutpatient surgeryInpatient procedures
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Outpatient and Inpatient Unicompartmental Knee Arthroplasty Procedures Have Similar Short-Term Complication Profiles
Bovonratwet P, Ondeck NT, Tyagi V, Nelson SJ, Rubin LE, Grauer JN. Outpatient and Inpatient Unicompartmental Knee Arthroplasty Procedures Have Similar Short-Term Complication Profiles. The Journal Of Arthroplasty 2017, 32: 2935-2940. PMID: 28602533, DOI: 10.1016/j.arth.2017.05.018.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultAgedAmbulatory Surgical ProceduresArthroplasty, Replacement, KneeCohort StudiesComorbidityDatabases, FactualFemaleHumansInpatientsLength of StayMaleMiddle AgedOutcome Assessment, Health CareOutpatientsPatient ReadmissionPatient SatisfactionPostoperative ComplicationsPropensity ScoreQuality ImprovementUnited StatesConceptsUnicompartmental knee arthroplastyNational Surgical Quality Improvement Program databaseInpatient Unicompartmental Knee ArthroplastyQuality Improvement Program databaseLength of hospitalImprovement Program databasePerioperative complicationsProgram databaseOutpatient unicompartmental knee arthroplastyShort-term complication profileUnicompartmental knee arthroplasty (UKA) proceduresNational patient populationPerioperative outcome measuresHigh patient satisfactionKnee arthroplasty proceduresPotential confounding factorsInpatient cohortPerioperative outcomesPostdischarge complicationsPatient characteristicsComplication profileOutpatient surgeryPatient populationKnee arthroplastyOutpatient procedure