Higher rates of postoperative complications have been found in preoperative chronic steroid
users. However, the effects of preoperative chronic steroid use on outcomes in orthopedic …

Background context Patients with multiple myeloma (MM) are at increased risk of infections
and suffer from poor bone quality due to their disseminated malignant bone disease …

Background Anemia has been demonstrated as a modifiable risk factor for postoperative
complications following various types of primary and revision total joint arthroplasties …

Background Prior studies have shown hypertensive patients to be at an increased risk of
postoperative complications following various surgeries, including revision total knee …

Background: Developmental dysplasia of the hip in pediatric patients can be managed
conservatively or operatively. Understanding patient risk factors is important to optimize …

Aims This study used an artificial neural network (ANN) model to determine the most
important pre-and perioperative variables to predict same-day discharge in patients …

Purpose Malnutrition has historically been shown to influence surgical outcomes. Although
the diagnosis of malnutrition can be multifactorial, serum albumin levels serve as a useful …

Postoperative pneumonia (POP) can be defined as either hospital-acquired pneumonia
(HAP, pneumonia developing 48–72 h after admission) or ventilator-associated pneumonia …

Introduction Patients on chronic corticosteroids/immunosuppressants (SI) undergoing
orthopaedic surgery are at an increased risk for surgical complications and worse outcomes …

Purpose It is well established that diabetes is associated with complications following
surgical procedures across the wide array of surgical subspecialties. The evidence on the …