Definitional Differences of ‘Outpatient’ Versus ‘Inpatient’ THA and TKA Can Affect Study Outcomes
Bovonratwet P, Webb ML, Ondeck NT, Lukasiewicz AM, Cui JJ, McLynn RP, Grauer JN. Definitional Differences of ‘Outpatient’ Versus ‘Inpatient’ THA and TKA Can Affect Study Outcomes. Clinical Orthopaedics And Related Research® 2017, 475: 2917-2925. PMID: 28083753, PMCID: PMC5670045, DOI: 10.1007/s11999-017-5236-6.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAmbulatory Surgical ProceduresArthroplasty, Replacement, HipArthroplasty, Replacement, KneeData MiningDatabases, FactualFemaleHumansInpatientsKaplan-Meier EstimateLength of StayMaleMultivariate AnalysisPatient AdmissionProcess Assessment, Health CarePropensity ScoreRetrospective StudiesRisk FactorsTerminology as TopicTime FactorsTreatment OutcomeUnited StatesConceptsNational Surgical Quality Improvement ProgramHospital LOSAdverse eventsNSQIP databaseRisk factorsSurgical Quality Improvement ProgramLength of hospitalSerious adverse eventsBody mass indexTotal joint arthroplastyPotential confounding factorsLarge national databaseQuality Improvement ProgramOutpatient THAPostoperative complicationsTKA cohortSmoking statusMass indexFunctional statusOutpatient procedureJoint arthroplastyActual LOSTherapeutic studiesOutpatientsPatientsOutpatient 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