Influence of Preoperative Diagnosis of Nutritional Disorders on Short-Term Outcomes After Hip Arthroplasty: A Cohort Study of Older Adults.

ABSTRACT: Background: Nutritional disorders may affect short-term recovery after major orthopaedic surgery, but evidence is lacking. This study assessed whether and how different nutritional disorders diagnosed at admission could influence early recovery after hip replacement. Methods: A prospective analytical study was designed to include 60 patients scheduled for elective primary hip replacement and assess their nutritional status to diagnose 5 malnutrition phenotypes: undernutrition, sarcopenia, obesity, sarcopenic obesity, and sarcopenic undernutrition. Outcome measures were 24 h change in neutrophils, 72 h change in haemoglobin, and 10-day gait speed regain. Results: Haemoglobin reached the nadir at day 2-3 and partially recovered by day 10 in all patients, with sarcopenia

SUBMITTER: Briguglio M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12298611 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature