Similar 30-Day Complications for Septic Knee Arthritis Treated With Arthrotomy or Arthroscopy: An American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program Analysis
Bovonratwet P, Nelson SJ, Bellamkonda K, Ondeck NT, Shultz BN, Medvecky MJ, Grauer JN. Similar 30-Day Complications for Septic Knee Arthritis Treated With Arthrotomy or Arthroscopy: An American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program Analysis. Arthroscopy The Journal Of Arthroscopic And Related Surgery 2017, 34: 213-219. PMID: 28866341, DOI: 10.1016/j.arthro.2017.06.046.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNational Surgical Quality Improvement ProgramSurgery treatment groupPerioperative complicationsSeptic kneeAdverse eventsTreatment groupsTreatment modalitiesOpen arthrotomyAmerican CollegeSurgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program analysisNational Surgical Quality Improvement Program analysisSurgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement ProgramMultivariate analysisSurgical Quality Improvement ProgramOperating roomSeptic knee arthritisSimilar perioperative complicationsMinor adverse eventsRate of readmissionSerious adverse eventsRetrospective comparative studyNSQIP data setsSignificant differencesQuality Improvement ProgramPatient demographics