Patients With Previous COVID-19 Infection Can Safely Undergo Primary Total Joint Arthroplasty.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The COVID-19 virus is believed to increase the risk of diffusing intravascular coagulation. Total joint arthroplasty (TJA) is one of the most common elective surgeries and is also associated with a temporarily increased risk of venous thromboembolism (VTE). However, the influence of a history of COVID-19 infection on perioperative outcomes following TJA remains unknown. Therefore, this study sought to determine what effect a history of COVID-19 infection had on outcomes following primary TJA.

Methods

A retrospective case-control study using the national database was performed to identify all patients who had a history of COVID-19 and had undergone TJA, between 2019 and 2020. Patients who had a history of both were 1:1 matched to those who did not have a history of

SUBMITTER: Rosas S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9622022 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature