Factors Associated With Increasing Length of Stay for Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients Undergoing Total Hip Arthroplasty and Total Knee Arthroplasty.

ABSTRACT: Background: Total hip arthroplasty (THA) and total knee arthroplasty (TKA) are cost-effective procedures that decrease pain and improve health-related quality of life for patients with advanced symptomatic arthritis, including rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Patients with RA have a longer length of stay (LOS) after THA or TKA than patients with osteoarthritis, yet the factors contributing to LOS have not been investigated. Purpose: We sought to identify the factors contributing to LOS for patients with RA undergoing THA and TKA at a single tertiary care orthopedic specialty hospital. Methods: We retrospectively reviewed data from a prospectively collected cohort of 252 RA patients undergoing either THA or TKA. Demographics, RA characteristics, medications, serologies, and d

SUBMITTER: Morse KW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9096994 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature