Perioperative morbidity and mortality of same-day bilateral TKAs: incidence and risk factors.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Controversy persists regarding the safety of same-day bilateral TKAs, and indications for same-day versus staged bilateral surgery need to be clarified.

Questions/purposes

We compared the (1) 30-day mortality, (2) rates of in-hospital complications, (3) in-hospital charges, and (4) risk factors for complications among patients undergoing same-day and staged bilateral TKAs at two separate admissions within 1 year either less than 3 months apart (staged 0-3) or more than 3 months apart (staged 3-12) at an institution where same-day bilateral TKAs were discouraged in patients with more severe medical comorbidities.

Methods

We analyzed institutional data from 3960 same-day, 172 staged 0-3, and 1533 staged 3-12 bilateral TKAs performed between 1998 and 2011. Pat

SUBMITTER: Poultsides L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3889452 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature