Total Hip Arthroplasty Complications in Patients With Sickle Cell Disease: A Comparison Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Total hip arthroplasty (THA) is one of the most common orthopaedic procedures performed in the United States, but there are rare complications which can be devastating. Sickle cell disease (SCD) can lead to avascular necrosis of the femoral head, often necessitating THA. This article seeks to better characterize the complication risks in patients undergoing THA with SCD when compared to osteoarthritis (OA) using a large database from the National Inpatient Sample.

Methods

National Inpatient Sample data from 2006 through the third quarter of 2015 were analyzed using International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision codes. A weighted frequency of 4,350,961 THAs were recorded for OA and 4279 for SCD. These were compared using a Rao-Scott chi-squared test, and

SUBMITTER: DeMaio C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11827096 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature