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Unicompartmental Knee Arthroplasty in Octogenarians: A National Database Analysis Including Over 700 Octogenarians
Moore HG, Schneble CA, Kahan JB, Grauer JN, Rubin LE. Unicompartmental Knee Arthroplasty in Octogenarians: A National Database Analysis Including Over 700 Octogenarians. Arthroplasty Today 2022, 15: 55-60. PMID: 35399988, PMCID: PMC8991237, DOI: 10.1016/j.artd.2022.02.009.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchUnicompartmental knee arthroplastyAdverse eventsMedical comorbiditiesKnee arthroplastyNational Surgical Quality Improvement Program databaseLarge national surgical databaseQuality Improvement Program databaseHigher comorbidity burdenMinor adverse eventsPostoperative adverse eventsSerious adverse eventsImprovement Program databaseProlonged hospital stayUrinary tract infectionDay of surgeryNational database analysisNational surgical databaseShort-term mortalityMultivariate regression analysisComorbidity burdenOctogenarian cohortHospital lengthHospital stayNonhome dischargeSelect patients
2021
Total Joint Arthroplasty in Patients With Achondroplasia: Comparison of 90-Day Adverse Events and 5-Year Implant Survival
Moore HG, Schneble CA, Kahan JB, Polkowski GG, Rubin LE, Grauer JN. Total Joint Arthroplasty in Patients With Achondroplasia: Comparison of 90-Day Adverse Events and 5-Year Implant Survival. Arthroplasty Today 2021, 11: 151-156. PMID: 34584919, PMCID: PMC8452593, DOI: 10.1016/j.artd.2021.08.011.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchTotal joint arthroplastyAdverse eventsImplant survivalJoint arthroplastyFive-year implant survivalShort-term adverse eventsPrimary total hipSurgical site infectionLong-term implant successMultivariate logistic regressionTotal knee arthroplastyCommon skeletal dysplasiaMedical comorbiditiesSite infectionTotal hipPatient populationKnee arthroplastyAdministrative databasesHigher oddsLarge cohortGreater oddsPatientsImplant successSurvival curvesArthroplasty
2018
The effect of a preoperative education class on the rate of manipulation under anesthesia after total knee arthroplasty in a veterans population
Tyagi V, Huez C, Henderson S, Lukasiewicz A, Gardner E, Rubin L, Weis L. The effect of a preoperative education class on the rate of manipulation under anesthesia after total knee arthroplasty in a veterans population. Arthroplasty Today 2018, 4: 359-362. PMID: 30186922, PMCID: PMC6123243, DOI: 10.1016/j.artd.2018.06.004.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchTotal knee arthroplastyRate of manipulationPreoperative counselingKnee arthroplastySingle Veterans Affairs hospitalPrimary total knee arthroplastyPreoperative education classPrevious knee surgerySubset of patientsBody mass indexVeterans Affairs hospitalPreoperative knee rangeTotal joint arthroplastyCertain orthopedic proceduresEarly recovery periodHigher baseline ratesMUA ratesMedical comorbiditiesPreoperative coursePreoperative factorsPostoperative stiffnessCommon complicationKnee rangeOpioid dependenceMass index