Complications of Total Hip Arthroplasty in Patients With Ankylosing Spondylitis.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To compare the risks of complications of primary total hip arthroplasty (THA) between patients with ankylosing spondylitis (AS) and those without AS.

Methods

In this population-based study, we examined data from 1999 to 2013 of US Medicare beneficiaries (ages <75 years old) with AS and a comparison group without AS who had undergone primary THA. Complications were based on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services 2013 THA Complication Measure, which included myocardial infarction, pneumonia, or sepsis within 7 days; surgical site bleeding, pulmonary embolus, or venous thrombosis within 30 days; or mechanical complications or local infection within 90 days. Mortality within 90 days, revision arthroplasty within 1 year, long length of stay, discharge to a care fa

SUBMITTER: Ward MM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6193863 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature