Assessment of Racial Disparities in the Risks of Septic and Aseptic Revision Total Knee Replacements.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Black patients are at higher risk of revision total knee replacement (TKR) than White patients, but whether racial disparities exist for both septic and aseptic revision TKR and the reason for any disparities are unknown.

Objective

To assess the risk of septic and aseptic revision TKR in Black and White patients and to examine interactions among race and socioeconomic and hospital-related variables that are associated with revision TKR risk.

Design, setting, and participants

This cohort study included residents of New York, California, and Florida who underwent TKR. Patient-level data were obtained from the New York Statewide Planning and Research Cooperative System, California's Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development Patient Discharge Database

SUBMITTER: Bass AR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8295735 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature