Impact of time to surgery from injury on postoperative infection and deep vein thrombosis in periprosthetic knee fractures.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Periprosthetic fracture (PPF) is a serious complication that occurs in 0.3%-2.5% of all total knee arthroplasties used to treat end-stage arthritis. To our knowledge, there are no studies in the literature that evaluate the association between time to surgery after PPF and early postoperative infections or deep vein thrombosis (DVT). This study tests our hypothesis that delayed time to surgery increases rates of postoperative infection and DVT after PPF surgery.

Methods

Our study cohort included patients undergoing PPF surgery in the American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program database (2006-2015). The patients were dichotomized based on time to surgery: group 1 with time ≤2 days and group 2 with time >2 days. A 2-by-2 contingency table

SUBMITTER: Lee SR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6354129 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature