Incidence and Risk of Severe Ileus After Orthopedic Surgery: A Case-Control Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Post-operative ileus (POI) is common and can be associated with significant morbidity.

Questions/purposes

We aimed to identify the incidence of and risk factors associated with severe post-operative ileus (SPOI) after elective orthopedic surgery.

Methods

We conducted a retrospective case-control study of patients undergoing elective orthopedic procedures at a single musculoskeletal specialty hospital. SPOI cases matched 1:2 to non-POI controls. International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision (ICD-9), codes were used to identify patients who were coded as having an episode of POI. After chart review, a subset was classified as clinical SPOI cases, based on set criteria. Regression models were constructed to identify variables associated with SPOI.

SUBMITTER: Mandl LA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7749875 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature