Patient-Reported Outcomes After Total Hip Arthroplasty in a Low-Resource Country by a Visiting Surgical Team.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Total hip arthroplasty (THA) is a highly successful procedure but limited in many low-resource nations. In response, organizations globally have conducted service trips to provide arthroplasty care to underserved populations. Few outcomes data are currently available related to these trips. Our study aims to demonstrate the feasibility of tracking patient-reported outcomes and complications after THA in a low-resource setting and that outcomes are comparable to those in developed countries.

Methods

We completed an arthroplasty service trip to Brazil in 2017 where we performed 46 THAs on 38 patients. The mean patient age was 48.8 years. Forty-seven percent were female. Patient-reported outcome scores were collected preoperatively and postoperatively at 2, 6, and 12

SUBMITTER: Hu DA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8283035 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature