Preoperative patient factors affecting length of stay following total knee arthroplasty: a systematic review and meta-analysis

A Shah, M Memon, J Kay, TJ Wood… - The Journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
Background Total knee arthroplasty (TKA) yields substantial improvements in quality of life
for patients with severe osteoarthritis. Previous research has shown that TKA outcomes are …

Malnutrition in total joint arthroplasty: what should the orthopaedic surgeon consider?

PR Almeida, L Mokete, N Sikhauli, A Mota… - EFORT Open …, 2024 - eor.bioscientifica.com
Total joint arthroplasty (TJA) is rising globally, with an associated increase in associated
complications, necessitating increased efforts in prevention of these complications with pre …

Vancomycin prophylaxis for total joint arthroplasty: incorrectly dosed and has a higher rate of periprosthetic infection than cefazolin

MM Kheir, TL Tan, I Azboy, DD Tan, J Parvizi - Clinical Orthopaedics and …, 2017 - Springer
Background In total joint arthroplasty (TJA), vancomycin is used as perioperative antibiotic
prophylaxis in patients with penicillin allergy or in patients colonized with methicillin …

What are the implications of withholding total joint arthroplasty in the morbidly obese?: a prospective, observational study

BD Springer, KM Roberts, KL Bossi… - The Bone & Joint …, 2019 - boneandjoint.org.uk
Aims The aim of this study was to observe the implications of withholding total joint
arthroplasty (TJA) in morbidly obese patients Patients and Methods A total of 289 morbidly …

Vancomycin powder and dilute povidone-iodine lavage for infection prophylaxis in high-risk total joint arthroplasty

R Iorio, S Yu, AA Anoushiravani, AM Riesgo… - The Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Background Dilute povidone-iodine lavage has been shown to be safe and effective in
decreasing acute periprosthetic joint infection (PJI) following total joint arthroplasty (TJA) …

[HTML][HTML] Failure to medically optimize before total hip arthroplasty: which modifiable risk factor is the most dangerous?

JM Statz, SM Odum, NR Johnson, JE Otero - Arthroplasty Today, 2021 - Elsevier
Background There is mounting evidence that smoking, abnormal body mass index (BMI),
uncontrolled diabetes, and poor nutritional status are associated with complications after …

Hip and knee section, prevention, host related: proceedings of international consensus on orthopedic infections

Z Cizmic, JE Feng, R Huang, R Iorio… - The Journal of …, 2019 - arthroplastyjournal.org
Recommendation: Elective joint arthroplasty is contraindicated in patients with an infectious
lesion in the ipsilateral extremity, until the infection is resolved. Total joint arthroplasty needs …

Incidence and risk factors associated with hospital-acquired pressure ulcers following total hip arthroplasty: a retrospective nationwide inpatient sample database …

Q Yang, J Li, D Shi, H Xie, J Wang, Z Shi… - Journal of Tissue …, 2022 - Elsevier
Aim To examine the incidence and risk factors associated with hospital-acquired pressure
ulcers (HAPUs) following total hip arthroplasty (THA) using a large-scale national database …

Predicting in-hospital complications after anterior cervical discectomy and fusion: a comparison of the Elixhauser and Charlson comorbidity indices

WA Ranson, SN Neifert, ZB Cheung, CM Mikhail… - World neurosurgery, 2020 - Elsevier
Objective The objective of this study was to determine the ability of the Elixhauser
Comorbidity Index (ECI) and Charlson Comorbidity Index (CCI) to predict postoperative …

Greater risk of all‐cause revisions and complications for obese patients in 3 106 381 total knee arthroplasties: a meta‐analysis and systematic review

JR Onggo, JJM Ang, JD Onggo… - ANZ Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Background Obesity is a major public health issue and has considerable implications on
outcomes of total knee arthroplasty (TKA). However, there has been conflicting evidence …