Outcomes and Cost Analysis of a Surgical Care Unit for Outpatient Total Joint Arthroplasties Performed at a Tertiary Academic Center.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Total joint arthroplasty (TJA) has shifted toward being an outpatient surgery with advances in perioperative protocols and patient selection. Most literature on outpatient arthroplasty focuses on the surgery performed in ambulatory centers. This study sought to compare (1) short-term outcomes and (2) the total procedural cost in patients who underwent TJAs at a tertiary academic center and were discharged from the accelerated surgical care unit (SCU) vs the inpatient floor unit.

Methods

This is a retrospective review of 1231 procedures (637 total knee arthroplasties and 594 total hip arthroplasties) performed between January 2020 and May 2021 at 1 tertiary academic center. The minimum required follow-up duration was 90 days. Patients were divided into 2 cohorts ba

SUBMITTER: Steele J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9615131 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature