Risk Factors of Emergency Department Utilization After Outpatient Surgery for Sports-Related Injuries

DISCUSSION: Rate of ED utilization after outpatient surgery for sports-related injuries is low (<2.2%), with postoperative musculoskeletal pain and reinjury as the two most common causes, highlighting the importance of postoperative pain management and injury prevention. Arthroscopic procedures showed markedly lower ED utilization compared with open surgery, although not indicative of overall superiority.LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: III, Retrospective Cohort Study.PMID:38147678 | DOI:10.5435/JAAOS-D-22-00715
Source: The Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons - Category: Orthopaedics Authors: Source Type: research