Low rates of serious complications and further procedures following surgery for base of thumb osteoarthritis: analysis of a national cohort of 43 076 surgeries.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To determine the incidence of further procedures and serious adverse events (SAEs) requiring admission to hospital following elective surgery for base of thumb osteoarthritis (BTOA), and the patient factors associated with these outcomes.

Design

Population based cohort study.

Setting

National Health Service using the national Hospital Episode Statistics data set linked to mortality records over a 19-year period (01 April 1998-31 March 2017).

Participants

43 076 primary surgeries were followed longitudinally in secondary care until death or migration on 37 329 patients over 18 years of age.

Main outcome measures

Incidence of further thumb base procedures (including revision surgery or intra-articular steroid injection) at any time postoperative

SUBMITTER: Lane JC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8264901 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature