Journal article
Early Discharge After Total Hip and Knee Arthroplasty—An Observational Cohort Study Evaluating Safety in 330,000 Patients
Abstract
BACKGROUND: There has been considerable interest in recent years for early discharge after arthroplasty. We endeavored to evaluate the safety of same-day discharge given the rapid uptake of this practice approach.
METHODS: This is a retrospective observational cohort study of the American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program registry database. We included patients who underwent total hip arthroplasty (THA) or total …
Authors
Mundi R; Axelrod DE; Najafabadi BT; Chamas B; Chaudhry H; Bhandari M
Journal
The Journal of Arthroplasty, Vol. 35, No. 12, pp. 3482–3487.e3
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
December 2020
DOI
10.1016/j.arth.2020.06.092
ISSN
0883-5403