Associations of preoperative hematocrit and platelet count with morbidity after pathologic fracture fixation.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Anemia and abnormal platelet count are common among patients with cancer and are associated with complications after orthopaedic procedures. We studied associations between these conditions and morbidity within 30 days after surgery for pathologic femur or humerus fracture.

Methods

We retrospectively reviewed data from the National Surgery Quality Improvement Project database for 145,030 adults following surgical fixation of a pathologic femur or humerus fracture from 2010 to 2020. Multivariable logistic regressions compared 30-day complications between patients with mild or severe anemia versus those with normal hematocrit and between patients with thrombocytopenia or thrombocytosis versus those with normal platelet count.

Results

Likelihood of extended ho

SUBMITTER: Sayed ME 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12020851 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature