Does peritrochanteric fat thickness increase the risk of early reoperation for infection or wound complications following total hip arthroplasty?

ABSTRACT:

Background

Radiographically measured subcutaneous peri-incisional tissue depth has been correlated with post-operative surgical site infection after cardiac, cervical spine, and total knee surgery. Its impact following primary total hip arthroplasty (THA) has not been studied. We compare the interobserver reliability of measuring peritrochanteric fat thickness on pre-operative radiographs and hypothesize that these measurements are a reproducible way to predict acute post-operative wound complications and infection in patients undergoing THA.

Methods

A retrospective case-control analysis was performed at a single institution. Patients taken to the operating room within 90 days of their primary THA for a wound complication or deep infection between 2008 and 2016 were identifi

SUBMITTER: Bell JA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6461593 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Sep-Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature