Positive COVID-19 Diagnosis Following Primary Elective Total Joint Arthroplasty: Increased Complication and Mortality Rates.

ABSTRACT:

Background

This study analyzed complication rates following primary elective total joint arthroplasty (TJA) in patients who subsequently contracted COVID-19.

Methods

A large national database was queried for adult patients who underwent primary elective TJA in 2020. Patients who contracted COVID-19 after total knee arthroplasty (TKA) or total hip arthroplasty (THA) underwent 1:6 matching (age [±6 years], sex, month of surgery, COVID-19-related comorbidities) to patients who did not. Differences between groups were assessed using univariate and multivariate analyses. Overall, 712 COVID-19 patients were matched to 4,272 controls (average time to diagnosis: 128-117 days [range, 0-351]).

Results

Of patients diagnosed <90 days postoperatively, 32.5%-33.6% required COVID-19

SUBMITTER: Heckmann ND 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10151250 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature