Adult Reconstruction Surgeons Manage Patients With Higher Medical Complexities and Still Achieve Comparable Outcomes to Sports Medicine Surgeons Following Total Knee Arthroplasty.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Orthopaedic surgeons who are fellowship-trained in adult reconstruction (AR) specialize specifically in total joint arthroplasty, including total knee arthroplasty (TKA). However, TKA procedures are not only performed by AR surgeons. The purpose of this study was to compare the patient demographics and postoperative outcomes of patients who had a TKA procedure performed by an AR surgeon vs a sports medicine (SM) surgeon.

Methods

A retrospective cohort study was conducted using a national insurance database. Patients who underwent a primary elective TKA procedure by an AR surgeon (n = 56,570) and an SM surgeon (n = 72,888) were identified. Patient demographics, rates of joint complications within 2 years, and medical complications within 90 days postoperatively wer

SUBMITTER: Collins LK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10877335 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature