Overlapping Surgery in Primary Total Knee Arthroplasty: Are 6-Week Complications Worse than Single Operating Room Scheduling?

Conclusions: This study demonstrates no differences in 6-week clinical or radiographic outcomes between patients undergoing primary TKA on single versus overlapping OR days. These results support the safe practice of overlapping surgical scheduling in high-volume primary TKA centers.Level of Evidence: III. PMID: 31413671 [PubMed - in process]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31413671?dopt=Abstract

Source: Iowa orthopaedic journal - August 16, 2019 Category: Orthopaedics Tags: Iowa Orthop J Source Type: research