Sex Disparities Affecting Postoperative Outcomes After Total Elbow Arthroplasty.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To investigate sex disparities in 30-day postoperative outcomes of total elbow arthroplasty.

Methods

The American College of Surgeons-National Surgical Quality Improvement Program files were queried for all patients who underwent a total elbow arthroplasty (TEA) between 2006 and 2020. Sex disparities in preoperative variables were studied using Fisher exact tests. Multivariate logistic regression models were used to determine the adjusted odds ratios (aOR) of postoperative outcomes for women in comparison with men.

Results

A total of 788 patients underwent a TEA in the period of 2006-2020. Of those, 180 were men, and 608 were women. We found an increase in TEAs performed each year with a predominance in females compared to males. Additionally, our work demonst

SUBMITTER: Siddabattula R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11652287 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature