Re-evaluating the utility of routine postoperative laboratory tests after primary total knee arthroplasty

ConclusionWith increasing pressure for cost containment in an era of bundled payment models, the very low rate of laboratory associated interventions suggest that routine postoperative laboratory tests is not justified. Obtaining laboratory after primary, unilateral TKA should be driven by patients’ risk factors.
Source: Journal of Clinical Orthopaedics and Trauma - Category: Orthopaedics Source Type: research