Long-term cognitive outcome after elective hip or knee total joint arthroplasty: A population-based observational study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

One year after elective hip or knee total joint arthroplasty (TJA), >30% of older adults meet criteria for postoperative neurocognitive disorder. However, this is not contextualized with long-term cognitive outcomes in comparable surgical and nonsurgical controls. We analyzed population-based data to compare long-term cognitive outcomes in older adults after TJA, other surgeries, and with and without arthritis pain.

Methods

This was a retrospective observational analysis of United States older adults in the Health and Retirement Study (HRS) who underwent elective TJA, or elective surgery without expected functional benefits (e.g., cholecystectomy; inguinal herniorrhaphy), between 1998 and 2018 at aged 65 or older. TJA recipients were also age- and sex-matched to n

SUBMITTER: Tang AB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11090741 | biostudies-literature | 2024 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature